Laboratory Equipment
Below is a list of equipment available in the Bragg Institute laboratories.
Please note: fume cupboards, furnaces and the centrifuge need to be booked in advance via the Bragg Institute Customer Portal
as part of your proposal.
Chemistry Laboratory (wet chemical and powdered samples)
Fume cupboard
Analytical balances (2)
Balance
Hot plate stirrers (3)
Ultrasonic bath
Vortex mixer
Dishwasher and drying oven
Milli-Q Academic water purification system (technical details on Millipore website)
Ice machine
Refrigerator
pH meter and buffer solutions
Desiccators
Biology laboratory (low hazard biological and wet chemical work only - no powders)
Fume cupboard
Laminar flow cabinet
Microscope - Zeiss Axioskop polarising microscope (camera available on request)
Analytical balance
pH meter and buffer solutions
Ultrasonic bath
Hot plate stirrer
Refrigerator
Freezer (-18°C)
Milli-Q Gradient A10 water purifier (technical details on Millipore website)
Eppendorf refrigerated centrifuge (model 5810R)
Fan forced oven (small, maximum 200°C)
Desiccators
Furnace laboratory
High temperature furnace (1500°C maximum, B-type thermocouple)
High temperature tube furnace (1200°C maximum, R-type thermocouple)
High temperature vacuum tube furnace (1600°C maximum, B-type thermocouple)
Fan forced oven (large, maximum 200°C)
Desiccators
Drying cabinets (6, programmable humidity settings, 20% to 60% RH)
Ozone cleaner
Heat sealer (with plastic bags)
Hot plate stirrer
Analytical balance
West side Chemistry Laboratory (wet chemical - no powders; convenient to SAXS, XRR, QUOKKA and PLATYPUS instruments)
Fume cupboard
Analytical balances (1)
Hot plate stirrer
Ultrasonic bath
Ultrasonic probe and sound abating chamber
Dishwasher and drying oven
Milli-Q Academic water purification system (technical details on Millipore website)
Refrigerator
Freezer (-18°C)
pH meter and buffer solutions
Compressed air gun
Spin coater (for use by trained persons only, contact the Lab Manager to organise training and use)
An alphabetical listing of equipment and a list of glassware are also available.
Associated equipment
Ultralow temperature (-80°C) freezer (access on consultation with Lab Manager)
Liquid nitrogen storage dewar (access on consultation with Lab Manager)
Storage lockers (for storage between visits for difficult to transport samples and for samples when users have had to leave before clearance; access on consultation with Lab Manager)
Instrumentation (for use by trained persons only, contact the Lab Manager to organise training and use)
FT-IR spectrometer (Nicolet iS10 with diamond ATR) - please inform Lab Manager in advance if nitrogen purge is required (two day purge is recommended)
Uv-VIS spectrophotometer (Varian Cary 50)