The Chemical Analysis Facility has different services and equipment available which support the analysis of a wide range of materials and compounds. Depending on your research, there are six different platforms of instrumentation that can be used with our support on a collaborative project basis or as a fee-for-service offering.
| Find out how CAF’s six platforms of instrumentation could support your research. |
NMR Spectroscopy
The NMR Laboratory of the Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF) is housed in Room G40 of the Chemistry and Pharmacy Building of the University of Reading. This laboratory offers four state-of-the-art...Read More >
Mass Spectrometry
The Mass spectrometry labs in the Chemical Analysis Laboratory are housed on the ground floor of the Harbourne Building and Room G40 in the Chemistry Building at the University of...Read More >
Centre for Advanced Microscopy (CfAM)
Microscopes SEM The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is one of the most versatile and widely used tool of modern science as it allows the study of both morphology and composition...Read More >
Thermal Analysis
The thermal analysis laboratory, housed within the CAF lab, contains a suite of high-performance instrumentation that can investigate thermal events within a wide range of materials, from archaeological, through to...Read More >
Optical Spectroscopy
The infrared and Raman spectroscopy section of the CAF is equipped with two Perkin-Elmer Spectrum 100 FTIR spectrometers, one of which is interfaced to a Perkin-Elmer Spotlight 400 FTIR imaging...Read More >
X-Ray Diffraction
The Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF) has state-of-the-art facilities for single-crystal, powder and small-angle scattering X-ray diffraction. Members of staff have considerable expertise in these analytical techniques and are happy to...Read More >