Chen Lab Equipment (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Chen Lab Equipment

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Graduate students Ganhua Lu (in back) and Ming Liu operate the equipment called a "mini-arc plasma reactor," which they made with a personal welding kit. It vaporizes the material sample so that individual molecules can be isolated. "You could make this in your garage," says Junhong Chen.

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Pete Amland, UW-Milwaukee

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