Analytical Ultracentrifugation Facility

of Wake Forest University

Major Equipment:

Beckman Optima XL-A analytical ultracentrifuge with UV/vis optics; An60-Ti analytical rotor; IBM 466/DX2 computer with Ethernet connection; IBM 280x plus dot matrix printer; assemblies for 3 cells each with the following centerpieces: Epon/charcoal double sector, Aluminum double sector, Epon/charcoal six-channel, synthetic boundary and band-forming

Beckman DU7500 diode array spectrophotometer with water-jacketed 8-position cell holder for standard and semimicro cuvettes, and single cell holder and cells for measurements of 50 - 100 µl samples; external disk drive; software packages for protein and nucleic acid analyses and enzyme kinetics.

Mettler DA310 Density/Specific Gravity Meter, accuracy to ± 0.00001 g/cm3

AVS 310 automated viscosity system from Viscosystems, Inc., with CT050/2 thermal bath, AVS/S measuring stand, CK100 chiller, Micro-Ubbeholde viscometer, for operation at 5 - 25 ûC

Dell OptiPlex 5100 XMT computer with 1.0 GB hard drive, 24 MB RAM, 17 inch Ultra Scan monitor, Ethernet connection, with internal 4X CD-ROM, 3.5 inch floppy and tape drives, attached to Hewlett Packard 5MP laser printer

Sialomed dialyzers and membranes