UW CHEMISTRY NMR
Announcments & Equipment Logs
January, 2021
UPDATE ! NMR FACILITY BACK TO NORMAL
Hello Users Just now learned that the Bagley Hall water problem has been rectified. The NMR facility calendar is open for reservation now. Thank you NMR Facility Manager 1/30/2021
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ALERT ! AV300 – IMMINENT PROBE CHANGE
Dear Users Continuing on the ATMA probe, that underwent a substantial overhaul with considerable cost, we are convinced that the probe’s tuning/matching ability is not upto par with what is promised by this repair. You can realize this if you attempt to run ‘atma’ on solvents such as ‘C6D6’ and the system pretty much fails […]
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ALERT ! NMR FACILITY SHUTDOWN DUE TO WATER EMERGENCY
Physical Plant is working on a water supply emergency that is confined to Bagley Hall. The building Administrator has ordered the NMR facility to be closed until further notice. So, you won’t be able to block NMR time until the situation returns to normal. I have tentatively blocked off the calendar to emphasize this point. […]
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NOTE : INSTRUMENT LOGBOOK ISSUES
Hello NMR Users I recently learned of issues with posting messages in the instrument Log Books that is provided via a Web Page. It is a strange ‘Catch 22’ situation where you could not have communicated the problem via a Log Book entry ! While we are looking into solutions after simulating the problems at […]
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UPDATE – AV300 : ABOUT THE ATMA PROBE
Dear User The probe has been fitted with a totally new Automatic Tuning and Matching hardware assembly as part of its refurbishment. This means that, when you run the ‘atma’ command and if the solvent that is used with your sample has not been already ‘registered’ in the probe’s database, it takes a while to […]
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ALERT ! AV300 – ATMA (Auto Tune and Match) PROBE IS BACK IN THE INSTRUMENT
Dear Users Afte a long wait, the probe which has undergone a thorough (and expensive) overhaul is back in the AV300 magnet. With a noble motivation to provide immediate access to this more convenient probe, I have done a ‘quick and dirty’ install of the probe and I am releasing the same for regular use. […]
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