400 MHz Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer         

The instrument (also known as a FT-NMR) was installed in January 2002 and will be used by students in courses across the chemistry curriculum as well as by students doing St. Mary's Projects. Acquisition of this $280,000 instrument was facilitated by a grant awarded to the chemistry department by the National Science Foundation. The instrument is used to assist in determining the chemical bonding in molecules. Students can use the instrument to verify the bonding in compounds of known composition or to determine the bonding and therefore the composition of new compounds synthesized for research projects.