Agilent 8453 Spectrophotometer

Intro

In EWRE we have two Agilent Diode Array spectrophometers, and older 8452 unit from the 1990s (in room 301) and a newer 8453 from the mid-2000s (in room 308). This page provide resources for the newer one.

Operation & Maintenance

• Instrument
  • Agilent 8453 Operation Manual
  • Agilent 8453 Service Manual
• Instructions
• Agilent YouTube Video
• Software
• ChemStation for UV-Vis

Relevant Methods and SOPs

• UV Absorbance

Fundamentals of Spectrophometry

• Slides from CEE 772
  • spectrophotometry basics
  • instrument design
• Agilent on-line resources

Unit Identifiers

In-house Expertise:

• Sherrie Webb-Yagodzinski
• Users: Yun Yu, Joe Goodwill, Varun Srinivasan