Agilent Technologies has announced a major sale of instrumentation to Virginia Tech's department of chemistry, to be used in undergraduate teaching labs.
Chemistry students at Virginia Tech will have access to a host of new Agilent equipment which includes seven new 5975C gas chromatography/mass spectrometry systems, six 240FS atomic absorption spectrometry systems, a major upgrade to the department's nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy console, a 6100 Series single quadrupole liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry system, a Cary Eclipse fluorescence spectrophotometer, and a Cary 100 UV/Vis spectrophotometer.
"Virginia Tech will provide unprecedented, state-of- the-art facilities in support of undergraduate education" said professor Jim Tanko, chair of the Virginia Tech chemistry department.
Bob Walker, Agilent regional manager, comments "We believe Virginia Tech is the first in the nation to offer this experience on such a large scale."
