UW CHEMISTRY NMR
Announcments & Equipment Logs
February, 2021
IMPORTANT UPDATE ! AV300 – THE ATMA PROBE IS BACK IN ACTION !
Dear Users Your patience has paid off and at last we got the probe fixed (again) and this time things seemed to have fallen in place. We are so confident of this that, without any further delay, we release the instrument with the PABBI ATMA probe for your immediate comfort and producitivity. So, remember : […]
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REMINDER ! PLEASE READ : COVID19 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ARE STILL IN FORCE…
Dear Users While we are all rightly feeling optimistic about the positive changes that are to come in 2021 with successful Vaccine developments, we are also being constantly reminded by everyone, right from CDC to our University team handling the COVID-19 pandemic, that this is not the time to let our guard down. The reducing […]
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UPDATE ! AV300 : BACKUP BBO PROBE SHIMMED UP AND READY TO GO !
Dear All The ATMA probe has been sent for repairs and I immediately don’t know when it will return from the manufacturer. In the meanwhile, the Broad band BBO probe, which uses manual tuning/matching in place of the automated system is now in the magnet. Although we are all rather used to the comfort of […]
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UPDATE ! AV300 – BACKUP MANUAL BBO PROBE IS GETTING READY
As I mentioned last week, the ATMA probe is now shipped to the maker for further repairs. The earlier BBO probe, where you tune/match by hand, is being shimmed up and getting ready for regular use. I estimate that the probe should be ready by the end of today. I will post another update announcing […]
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UPDATE : DRX499 – SYSTEM IS BEHAVING (AGAIN !) NORMALLY
Dear DRX499 loyalists This time around, I think we have identified the operating system related issue and mitigated the same. The system used to freeze up within a minute or two earlier but it is looking and behaving normally for about 20 minutes now, and that is a positive sign. The Best way to see […]
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UPDATE ! INSTRUMENT LOGBOOKS REVAMPED..
Dear Users This is a brief update on the topic of flaky Logbook behavior. Thanks to the immediate efforts of our department IT support, the Logbooks are back in action. Here is a quick link to the Logbooks that you can bookmark : https://depts.washington.edu/chemwp/chemwpnmr/equipment-logs/ What more, there are two additional features I want to highlight […]
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UPDATE ! DRX499 – SYSTEM IS USABLE NOW..
Dear DRX499 patrons The computer system froze couple of times and we have done our part in reviving the same. As I write this, the spectrometer is usable as before but we will be closely watching the behavior, since we haven’t fully identified what caused the system freezes. So, if that happens again, feel free […]
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