Acquisition of a CCD-Based X-ray Diffractometer

化学研究仪器和设施(CRIF)计划和主要研究仪器(MRI)计划颁发的这一奖项将帮助爱荷华州立大学化学系获得基于电荷耦合器件的X射线衍射仪。该设备将加强多个领域的研究，包括无机、有机、有机金属、固态和聚合物化学方面的程序。X射线衍射仪被用来对分子的全部三维结构进行精确和精确的测量。得到的信息给出了给定分子的所有键距和键角的精确值，并提供了关于该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 (CRIF) Program and the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program will help the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University acquire a CCD-based x-ray diffractometer. The equipment will enhance research in a number of areas which include programs in inorganic, organic, organometallic, solid state, and polymer chemistry. 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.