UW CHEMISTRY NMR
Announcments & Equipment Logs
February, 2023
ALERT ! NEO500 – SYSTEM WILL BE UNAVAILABLE BRIEFLY TOMORROW
As a part of remedying a persistent error condition with the Shim system, NEO500 will stop running the queue starting at 11.00 AM. The troubleshoot session is expected to last for couple of hours maximum. The queue will resume where it left off after that. PLEASE DO NOT PLAN TO BRING A SAMPLE TO QUEUE […]
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UPDATE ! GG500 – UPGRADE TO NEW PROBE POSTPONED
Dear Users The Smart Probe Install is delayed due to some technical issue. We need the manufacturer to provide us a configuration workaround before the new probe can be used with GG500. I will keep you posted as to further developments. Currently, the system has the TXO-19F{1H,13C} probe installed in the magnet. NMR Facility Manager […]
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UPDATE ! GG500 – VT SYSTEM UP
Dear Users It turned out to be a simple problem that caused the VT system not controlling the temperature. The instrument is working normally now. Please go ahead and reserve time for immediate use. Please remember that an important hardware upgrade is happening tomorrow, and the instrument won’t be ready until Wednesday. NMR Facility […]
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ALERT ! GG500 – VT MALFUNCTION
The Chiller for this unit is not running as expected, leading to no Temperature control. The sudden deterioration of shim performance some have reported is most probably tied to this. I will post an update once the issue is resolved. The instrument cannot produce useable data because of this and so, it is blocked off […]
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500 NMR UPRGRADE NEWS – STAGE 3 – BRAND NEW PROBE FOR GG500
Dear Users Please refer to my earlier post on the NMR Upgrade for some continuity. Current Status : NEO500 System is deployed for regular use. Mandatory Orientations are ongoing (link to the training calendar here) Full deployment of OneDrive Cloud storage delayed – FTP server phoenix.chem.washington.edu will be available till the technical issues with Azure […]
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LAUNCH OF THE BRAND NEW 500 MHZ SYSTEM WITH PRODIGY CRYOPROBE – NEO500
Dear Users Thank you for your patience. We are happy to announce that the LONG AWAITED shiny new NEO500 NMR system is primed and ready for your use for years to come ! Several details about this new system need to be discussed later, but first let us see how you can start […]
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NMR SYSTEMS UPGRADE – ROADMAP – STAGE 2
Dear Users For the sake of continuity, I will provide below the links to the past two posts on our 500 MHz NMR systems upgrade of 2023. https://depts.washington.edu/chemwp/chemwpnmr/2022/11/preparing-for-500-mhz-instrument-upgrades/ https://depts.washington.edu/chemwp/chemwpnmr/2023/02/news-new-500-nmr-system-installation-scheduled-for-next-week/ Current Status : GG500 has moved to its new permanent home. The new system NEO500 installation has completed by the Bruker engineer. The system is […]
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NEWS ! NEW 500 NMR SYSTEM INSTALLATION SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK
Dear Users This is in continuation of the announcement I made sometime ago about the imminent arrival of a brand new 500 MHz NMR spectrometer to our facility. Starting the afternoon of tomorrow, Friday the 3rd, a series of events will take place : The AV500 CONSOLE will be shut down and retired permanently (the […]
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