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THE SMALL-MOLECULE X-RAY DIFFRACTION CENTER AT COLBY COLLEGE
INSTRUMENTATION:
Bruker SMART APEX CCD Diffraction System
Rigaku/MSC X-stream 2000 Low Temperature Device
FACILITY SHARED BY:
Colby,
Bates,
and
Bowdoin
Colleges; the
University of Maine;
and the
University of Southern Maine
FACILITY MANAGED BY:
Rebecca R. Conry
FUNDING PROVIDED BY:
National Science Foundation
(
Award # 0115832
) ; Colby College; the University of Maine; Bowdoin College; Bates College; and the University of Southern Maine
INSTRUMENT STATUS:
operational
INSTRUMENT AVAILABILITY/SIGN UP
LEARNING CENTER
Turning the X-ray Diffraction System On
Turning the Low-Temperature System On
USEFUL LINKS/RESOURCES:
Crystal Data Form to fill out for each crystal and leave in the binder at Colby for reference
Growing Crystals; a paper written by Dr. Paul Boyle, North Carolina State University
Growing Crystals; a chapter written by Prof. Allen Hunter, Youngstown State University
Mounting Crystals; a paper presented by Dr. Beverly R. Vincent, Rigaku/MSC
Software Available via the Chemical Crystallography Group at Glasglow page including Ortep, PLATON, etc.
International Union of Crystallography Home
Protein Data Bank
American Crystallographic Association Home
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
More links/resources will be appearing here soon...
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