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Refrigerated bath in laboratory, 1951

Refrigerated bath in laboratory, 1951

Title

Refrigerated bath in laboratory, 1951

Description

G. F. Hanna, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and a research fellow of the Agricultural Experiment Station, demonstrating the refrigerated bath in the refrigerated laboratory. The room was maintained at a temperature just above freezing and was used in preparation and fractionation of proteins, enzymes and other materials of biochemical importance that are frequently unstable at room temperature. The refrigerated bath provided even lower temperatures which might have been required for certain steps in processing. Research conducted in this facility was sponsored primarily by the Agricultural Experiment Station. It was located in the Biophysical Chemistry Laboratories in Chemistry Hall (now Gilman Hall).
The Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm offered chemistry classes to its first classes in 1869. The department was formally established in 1871, and served students in Agriculture, Engineering, Science, Home Economics and Veterinary Medicine. The Chemical and Physical Laboratory was constructed in 1870-1871, and after it burned in 1913, a new building, Chemistry Hall, was built to replace it. Department Chair, Winfred Coover (1914-1944) expanded the teaching system and emphasized independent research throughout World War I and the post-war period. With the advent of the Ames Laboratory and World War II, the Chemistry Department further developed its cutting edge and interdisciplinary research programs in addition to its teaching. In 1973, Chemistry Hall was renamed Gilman Hall, in honor of Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Henry Gilman. The Department also has laboratories, classrooms and offices in Hach Hall. The Chemistry Department is now part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University, and also frequently partners with the Ames Laboratory.

Creator

Iowa State University

Source

13-6-F.Chemistry.1052-3-3

Publisher

Iowa State University Library Special Collections; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html

Date

1951
2005-10-07

Rights

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Relation

University Photographs; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/collections/images.html

Format

Photograph
12.2 x 9.0 cm

Type

Still Image (grayscale)
Image

Identifier

13-6-F.Chemistry.1052-3-3
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