The laboratory facilities at Capital are excellent. Our labs are well equipped with instruments. FT-IR spectrophotometers and two HP Diode Array Spectrophotometers in addition to a Hitachi NMR spectrometer , a Hewlett Packard GC , a PTI laser , four GowMac GC's , two SGI computers , and others. At the sophomore level students begin their hands-on training with these instruments. Instrumentation is then employed by students throughout the chemistry curriculum.
Labs are well equipped with safety devices.
There are several fume hoods in each lab as well as other necessary safety devices. Lab assistants are especially trained. The Organic lab has adopted microscale experimentation. This reduces the amount of organic waste one hundred fold and minimizes student exposure to organic chemicals. Microscale experimentation also has the advantage of developing and refining student lab techniques.