UW CHEMISTRY NMR

Many of you might have noticed an anteroom on the right, when you enter the NMR lab Room : 37 (it has a room number : 33, Bagley Hall).  The more inquisitive among you might also have seen an NMR instrument in that space.  This instrument originally belongs to Prof. Gabriele Varani of our department and this is pretty much an identical unit to the facility’s DRX499.

We are consolidating these two DRX consoles into one unit and deploy this as a newly configured DRX499.  The process should be completed in a week’s time from today.   But for a day’s interruption in the operation of existing DRX499 console, this process should be transparent to you.  Once the consolidation is complete, you will be accessing the new DRX499 in 33, Bagley Hall.

As to the upshot of this operation, we will inherit an excellent magnet, with less cryogen demand and easier maintenance needs. To the end user i.e. you,  you get a magnet with floatation legs that isolates floor vibrations i.e. clean NMR spectrum and easier shimming of your sample.

This is only an initial announcement.  I will follow this up with a status update as and when it becomes necessary, in the coming days.

Stay Tuned.

NMR FACILITY MANAGER

9/14/2018