Chemistry Department is glad to announce that the state of the art infrared spectrophotometer (Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectrophotometer, with attenuated total reflection, ATR, accessory model IRSpirit, produced by Shimadzu) has been purchased. The purchase was in the frame of two national projects: “Nanochemistry Solutions in Technical Lubricants Additive Improvements” and “Synthesis and Characterization of Siloxane Block Copolymers with Self-Healing Potential” supported by the Ministry of Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society of Republic of Srpska.
Infrared spectrophotometers have become standard equipment in every analytical laboratory. In the first year, this instrument will be used to complete the study of effective dispersion of metal nanoparticles made by Chemistry Department in domestically produced oils and lubricants by “Tehnosint” company and the characterization of poly(siloxane)s intended for use in solar cells. After fulfilling the project goals, the instrument will be fully available to students for experimental work within the final thesis of all study cycles, as well as for research purposes.
The honor of making the first test measurements on the new instrument had our chemistry students of the fourth year in laboratory exercises at the subject of “Nanochemistry”, in which they tested samples of various materials from local sources.
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