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University of Virginia

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The catalysis laboratory is equipped with:
  • Three fixed-bed reactor systems with gas chromatographs

  • Gas chromatograph with mass spectrometer (GC/MS)

  • Liquid chromatograph with mass spectrometer (LC/MS)

  • Two liquid chromatograph systems with autosampler (HPLC)

  • Two gas chromatographs with autosampler (GC)

  • Five high-pressure Parr Instruments batch reactors

  • BioRad FTS-60A FT-IR spectrometer with a transmission sample cell and an ATR cell for in situ studies

  • Varian UV-vis spectrometer with integrating sphere

  • A laser Raman spectrometer

  • Four x-ray absorption cells for in situ studies

  • Micromeritics ASAP 2020 computer-controlled gas adsorption system

  • TA Instruments thermal gravimetric analyzer (TGA)

  • Heat flow microcalorimeter with attached gas manifold

  • Vertex 70 Bruker FT-IR spectrometer with DRIFTS, ATR, and transmission cells

  • Isotopic transient flow system with mass spectrometer

  • Access to XRD, TEM, and EDS