Chemistry Research Laboratory, University Of Oxford
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Chemistry Research Laboratory is a facility at the
University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...
in England. It is part of the Department of Chemistry in the university.
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opened the building on 20 February 2004, which replaced the older Dyson Perrins Laboratory not far away in the university's Science Area. It has five floors covering approximately 17,000 sq.m of laboratory and office space and cost £60 million to construct. The money was raised with grants from the JIF,
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, EP Abraham Trust,
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, the family of Landon T. Clay, the Salters' Company and a £20 million partnership with IP2IPO. The building is effectively split into two parts, the southern side of the building is given over to offices which house both academic and administrative staff, whereas the northern side of the building houses the laboratories and write up areas. Splitting the two sides, there is a canteen on the lower ground floor, which can be crossed via the use of bridges on higher floors. The Laboratory is located on the corner of South Parks Road and Mansfield Road, to the south of the main Science Area.


See also

* Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford


References


External links


Chemistry Research Laboratory official website

Organic Chemistry at the University of Oxford
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