Upgrade of Departmental X-Ray Facility

这份来自化学研究仪器和设备计划（CRIF）和学术研究基础设施计划（ARI）的合同将帮助特拉华大学化学系升级现有的x射线设备。该设备将加强许多领域的研究，包括(1)支持来自学术实验室的外部合作者进行各种研究项目(2)强调合成的内部研究专业，以及(3)晶体学表征。x射线衍射仪用于对分子的完整三维结构进行精确的测量。所获得的信息给出了给定分子的所有键距和键角的精确值，并给出了分子相对于邻近分子的空间排列的准确信息

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program (CRIF) and Academic Research Infrastructure (ARI) Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at the University of Delaware upgrade the existing departmental X-ray facility. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including (1) support of extramural collaborators from academic laboratories for varied research projects (2) internal research specializations emphasizing synthesis, and (3) crystallographic characterizations. The X-ray diffractometer is used to make accurate and precise measurements of the full three dimensional structure of a molecule. The information obtained gives the precise values of all the bond distances and bond angles of a given molecule and it gives accurate information about the spatial arrangement of the molecule relative to the neighboring molecules