Technology Access Fees Database

163
No
Sciences
2001

Contact Information

Dwight Patterson
dpatters@mtsu.edu
Earl Pearson
Chemistry
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206
Replacement of Existing Technology
The manufacture, has informed us that certain consumable parts are no longer supported for this instrument. One of the parts is the power supply for the laser. The power supply and laser is being replaced by us every eighteen months. In addition, the supplier is no longer training their field service engineers to repair this instrument. Our new field service engineer out of Lebanon, TN is such an engineer. On a repair visit in December he informed us that he could not diagnose why the instrument did not fire up after he replaced some components and left. An engineer trained on our instrument will be here the week of January 29th to complete the repair. During this time, some of our graduate and undergraduate students have had difficulties in collecting data that's needed for their research and laboratory courses.
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Chemistry Department Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) with Microscope Upgrade and Replacement. This project is to replace our current Perkin-Elmer 1760 FTIR with microscope that was purchased in 1989. When purchased, this FTIR was the top of the line research instrument at a cost of ~$99,000. Because of poor up time (down time during May 2000 to January 2001 has been six months) and advances in technology, we proposed to upgrade this instrument to current technology. The new instrument will replace our existing capabilities of analysis and characterization of solid sample, films, liquids, polymers, and small particles by transmission and reflection microscopy. The following new capabilities will be added with this new instrument: time resolved and temperature-dependent studies (reaction monitoring), trace gas analysis and spectroscopic measurements (environmental science), automatic microscopic spectra mapping of surfaces, fast reaction kinetic analysis samples, a high sensitivity MCT detector, and extended spectroscopic wavelength range for the far-ir to near-ir. This instrument will be used to support a mobile lab program for monitoring regional environmental pollution. The instrument will support undergraduate and graduate students and faculty research projects. Students enrolled in the following upper level classes will be given training and the experience of operating a state-of-art FTIR w/microscope: CHEM 400, CHEM 423, CHEM 450, CHEM 454, CHEM 523, CHEM 571, CHEM 616B, CHEM 662. (Twenty to thirty students a year) Willing to accept FTS 6000e bench w/o Microscope, Cost $ 63435. Will resubmit the microscope option next year, if we can get onlt the bench funded. This option, bench only, will give us fewer capabilities than our current aging, sometimes working 1760 instrument. The 10% academic discount is not reflected in these prices. This instrument is cost effective at the current price when compared to the $99,000 dollars spent in 1989 for the 1760 FTIR.
123030
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1
FTS 6000e Spectrometer Mainframe (upgradeability)
38790.00
38790.00
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1
Near-IR Source Kit
500.00
500.00
N/A
N/A
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1
KBr Substrate beamsplitter 6000-400 cm-1
4000.00
4000.00
N/A
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1
Quartz beamsplitter 15800-2800 cm-1
6000.00
6000.00
N/A
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1
Linearized High Sensitivity MCT Dectector and Room Temperature Si Dual Detector
11000.00
11000.00
N/A
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1
Operating System and Computer
2650.00
2650.00
N/A
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1
17" Monitor
495.00
495.00
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1
Series 2000 UMA 500 Microscope System for Win-IR Pro Software
59595.00
59595.00
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No
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