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Research Center:Annual Report of Research Papers
in Research Center – College of Sciences-
1426-1427
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Services offered by the Center
The services the research center offers to encourage
scientific research in the College of Sciences may be summed
up in the following:
1.
Providing financial support necessary for research
project registered in the center to purchase equipment and
spare parts and raw materials and consumer-goods
2.
Assisting researchers who have research papers
registered in the center (or who do research in the College)
with conducting experiments and sample analysis,
representing them diagrammatically, and preparing rsearch
reports in their final stages for publication
3.
Assisting researchers with various sample analyses in
case the desired equipment for such analysis is not
available in the University
4.
Informing College faculty of scientific conferences
and symposia in order to participate in them
5.
Co-operating with local media and "The University's
Message" to highlight the College's scientific and academic
activities and introducing those taking part
6.
Discussing and studying research papers and projects
presented by facultyto the Center and delineating future
plans to match the progress and growing activities of the
Center
7.
making available the financial expenses required for
urgent consumer-goods and spare parts unavailable in the
University
8.
Repairing and installing electronic equipment for the
Center and on its expenses
9.
Following up the progress of research projects
registered in the Center and supervising research progressin
Departments and solving problems that might hinder research
technically or financially
10.
Supervising equipping and functioning the College's
central laboratory and providing manpower needed to
function the Central Laboratory's Units and Factories
11.
Printing approved
research papers registered in the Center printing and
storing them. These includecourse-related bublished or
translated books
12.
Printing
and storingpublished and translated books and preparing
diagrams and providing consultation
13.
Preparing photos needed for registered research
papers, sites, samples and and equipment used
14.
Preparingscientific drawings and diagrams and
various titles for registered rsearch papers
15.
Giving statistic consultation and making statistic
designs when required for certain research projects
16.
Offering scientific services to both privatye and
public sectors
The
Central Laboratory
Introduction
The
foundation of a central Laboratory for the Departments of
the College of Sciences to be supervised by the Management
of the Research Center was initiated by the urgency to
decrease the expenses of equipment needed for conducting
research in the College and to make oppoprtunities available
to faculty and postgraduate students to do their own
research. In addition, such a Lab would provide expensive
modern scientific equipment which individual Department
cannot otherwise afford providing its students with.
The
Central Lab serves faculty and postgraduates and offers its
scientific services to other institutes both inside and
outside the University. The Central Lab houses the following
units:
A. The Unit of Electronic Microscopes, which includes:
1.
Trenchant Electronic Microscope (TEM): This unit studies the
minute cellular structures of biological samples (tissues
and microorganisms. The Unit has three laboratories for
sample preparation:
·
The lab
of preparing glass knives
·
The
Laboratory of preparing semi-minute cutters
·
The
Laboratory of minute equipment
2.
Scanning Electronic Microscope (SEM): It isd used to study
the outer surface of various types of samples.
B.
X-Ray Unit: this includes:
1.
X-Ray Single Crystal Diffractometer:
This analyses chemical compounds in accordance with their
chemical components through X-Ray Scanning and also deals
with Single Crystal Diffractometers.
1.
X-Ray Powder Diffractometer:
This
analyses chemical compounds in accordance with their
chemical components through X-Ray Scanning and also deals
with Single Powder Diffractometers.
C.
Element Analysis Unit (CHN): This is an apparatus that
analyses Carbon, Nitrogen, and Hydrogen and gives the
percentage of of these three elements in small and racemose
organic and organometallic compounds and polymers.
D. The
Radiating Unit
This
uses the Radiating Cobalt-60 model (gamma Cell 220): It
radiates samples with various biological and non-biological
gamma rays. This Unit is equipped with all internationl
standards for safety against the hazards of radioactivity.
The samples to be radiactivated are placed in the active
part in the shape of a cylinder 20.5 cm long and with
diameter of 15.5 cm. The most important use of the Cell is
the study of the effect of gamma ray on various elements in
physics research and in Radioactive chemistry, radioactive
biology and medicine, Pharmacy, agriculture and and research
areas.
E.
Polymers Unit: This includes:
1.
Chromotography Apparatus GPC 150
2.
Differrential Scanning Calorimeter
3.
Simultaneous Thermal Analysis
4.
Plastics-formation Apparatus: It combines plastics and
shapes them as little rods or chips.
5.
Solidity Gauge
6.
Exertion Gauge
7.
Elasticity Gauge
8.
Viscidity Gauge
9.
Collision Gauge
F.
Atomic Absorption Unit: This analyzes the percentages of
Carbon, Nitrogen and Hydrogen elements in samples. This is a
newly installed apparatus. |
