Instruments and equipment

From high-tech instrumentation to routine instruments: the Department of Chemistry has a variety of instruments that help researchers and students explore the chemical world.

Illustrativt bilde av et kjemilaboratorium med hanskebokser og en kjemiker som jobber i den ene.

The HTE laboratory at UiB with a Junior automation robot from Unchained Labs in a double glove box.

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Sigmund Grønlie Bolme, UiB

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Many instrument laboratories at the Department of Chemistry have their own websites with additional information:

Common resources

Lab-IT
Booking

Complementary list of instrumentation

Chromatographic methods	Contact
GC GC-MS HPLC UHPLC Semi preparativ HPLC Automatic Flash	Zakieh Izakian
HSCCC	Øyvind M. Andersen
Accelerated Solvent Extractor	Monica Jordheim
Surface and colloid chemistry
Measurement of interfacial and surface tension (Sigma70, KSV Langmuir-Blodgett technique (LB-trough, KSV Zeta potensial/Particle size/DLS (Nanosizer ZS, Malvern) Optical measurement of contact angles (OCA25, Dataphysics) Rheometer (Kinexus PRO, Malvern) (Flow Chemistry, Vapourtech) Spin Coater	Tore Skodvin
Peptide synthesis laboratory	Bengt E. Haug
Spectroscopic methods
Atomic absorption (AAS)	Anne G. Frøystein
Infrared (IR) Near infrared (NIR) Raman	Egil Nodland
Mass (MS)	Bjarte Holmelid
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)	Jarl Underhaug
Ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS)	Anne G. Frøystein
Diffuse spctrophotometer	Monica Jordheim
Inorganic methods/material characterization
X-ray diffractometer (single-crystal and powerder methods)	Pascal Dietzel
Polymer characterization (Gel permetation chromatography)	Erwan Le Roux
High pressure and high temperatrure reactor	Erwan Le Roux
Simultaneous thermogravimetry and DSC-MS	Pascal Dietzel
Physisorption, standard pressure Physisorption, high pressure	Pascal Dietzel
Microactivity-Effi Catalytic Reactor	Giovanni Occhipinti
Elemental analysis (determination of C, H, and N)	Inger J. Fjellanger
Glove boxes Calcination furnace Ball mill Microwave synthesis (with autoclacve) Potentiostat (cyclic voltammetry) Solvent cleaning (SPS)	Erwan LeRoux/ Pascal Dietzel/ Giovanni Occhipinti
Miscellaneous instruments and equipment
Polarimeter	Torgils Fossen
Coulometer	Torgils Fossen
Cryostates
Freeze dryer	Bengt E. Haug
Ice machine Perchloric acid extraction pH meter Pumps Refractometers (refractive index) Rotary evaporators Centrifuges Density instruments Titrators UV lamps Heating cabinet Scales	Reidun Myklebust/ Anne G.Frøystein/ Inger J. Fjellanger/ Reidun Myklebust/ Marit B. Vaage

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28.10.2025