Department of Pentetrating electronic microscope (TEM):
This unit includes an electronic microscope (JEOL1010) with an advanced ability reaching “approximately million numbers”. In addition, this microscope is attatched with a “Kodak” camera connected to a computer containing a program for analyzing images. In addition, this computer is able to make montage as well as abilities of enhancing images through increasing or decreasing the two contrastive colours “white” and “black”, controlling image size, mixing more than one image, writing any other details on images. All these abilities enable a researcher to get an immediate image of the tissues being checked. Researchers also could get these images on CDs or lazer disks or they could print thes images directly on papers which are accepted for international publication or they could follow the classical methods of photocopying uing films. The microscope has other supplementary and aiding instruments such as the microtom for making minute sectors as well as instruments for samples preparation for check and analysis.
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Some Applications:
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Department of the scanning electronic microscope (SEM):
This unit includes the microscope (JEOL 5500 LV) for checking different types of samples externally whether these samples are solid minerals or powder or biological samples (LV) or (HV). This microscope is supplemented by the following items:
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Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer (EDXRF) :
This instrument is not destructive for the sample. It addition, it could do the qualitivative and quantitative analysis of items from Sodium to Uranium. Other Advantages of this instrument include the following points:
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Instrument of Cromatographic Analysis and Seperation (HPLC):
This instrument is a (KNAUER). In addition, this instrument is considered one of the most accurate and fast modern techniques for separation and analysis of samples. This program/software of this instrument has also multiple capabilities to obtain the results as required by the researcher(s). These capabilities include: ability of selecting and consisting parts, controlling these parts according to the method of separation installed on the computer. This instrument could also collecting the resulting samples whether by time , or by point or by the constituent/component itself.
Furthermore, this unit hasd been developed through adding carbohydrates investigation unit in light fracture laboratories as well as adding columns for analyzing carbohydrates and other supplementaries.
Some applications:
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(Research microscope & Image analysis system):
It is a microscope of very adnaced capabilities for checking slides and transition of these slides to the computer attached to it. This microscope could also control the analysis and enhancement of iamges as well as doing quantitative analysis and measurments. This microscope is a (LIECA) microscope.
Usages of (Research microscope & Image analysis system):
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Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy:
This instrument is a (VARIAN) – model: SpectraAA.
It is one of the recently added instrumnets to instruments of the central laboratory. This instrument is used for estimating concentration of items in several liquid samples. It is available to estimate the following items at the central laboratory:
Na, Cu, Fe, Mo, Cr, Mg, Co, Ca, Pb, As, K, Al, Ag, Li, Hg, Sn, Mn, Cd, Zn, Si, Sr
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Instrument of Gas Chromatographic Analysis and Seperation (GC):
Instrument of Gas Chromatographic Analysis (GC):
– Model: Perkin Elmer GC1200.
– This instrument is able to analyse several samples; particullary for serving environmental applications such as:
ð Analysis of organic materials in drinking water, dissolvents in water and artificial or industrial mixtures.
ð Fatty Acids, analyzing petroleum and several environmental uses.
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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR):
This instrument is a (Jasco) – Model: (FT/IR – 4100). It is used for checking and identifying chemical compounds based on using Fourier Transform Infrared for identifying active groups of several chemical mixtures. This instrunment is considered supplementary for other methods of identification such as: NMR. In additions, it consumes fewer milligrams of the sample being checked.
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X-ray diffraction (XRD):
It is a (XRD) instrument, model: (EMMA), its producing company is (GBC). This instrument is used for analyzing crystal solid materials using x-rays to identify and realize the following chemical features/chracteristics:
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Microbiology Laboratory:
A full microbiology laboratory has recently been added for doing microbiological analyses of water and other several samples. This laboratory is also for estimating the total number of bacteria, colon bacteria and other samples.
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Analysis of water and soil:
This microbiology laboratory is also prepared for analyzing the following chemicals through using functional analysis; this includes analyzing and checking the following: Copper- Magnisium – Maganese – soplphates – netrate- ammonium- Amonia – Carbonates – Clorhydes – Aluminium – Chrome. In addition, it is also available to do the the microbiological analysis for investigating pollution or drinking or irrigation or waste water. This is done through using the bacteriology laboratory in Botany Department. This unit has also been developed after adding an instrument for analyzing chemicals using X-rays which could be done through analysis of (Na11 – U92) as has previously been explained.
Moreover, there are other supplementary instruments in the microbiology laboratory for measuring the following:
Supplementary Instruments:
The microbiology laboratory includes othr supplementary and aiding instruments which could be used by different researchers. These supplementary instrumnets include the following:
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New expansions in the central laboratory:
The central laboratory is being expanded. Now, the central laboratory occupies the first floor and the badroom of classes building at Faculty of science located opposite to the University hotel. The following items have also been added:
· Lectures and Training courses Classes:
A large training class for training courses, workshops, symposiums which is preaperd and updated with all means. This class is sufficient for about 150-200 people.