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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 ! 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 – PROBE TUNING ISSUES
There has been repeated reported reports, albeit only from a subset of users, that the ATMA probe tuning/matching is taking very long. I want to first assure you that we are already working on possible ways to resolve this. Recap : Historically all NMR probes were tuned/matched by hand and this is an important and […]
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ALERT : NMR LAB TEMPERATURE ISSUES…BEING LOOKED INTO
Hello all You might have noticed that the NMR Lab i.e. Rm.37, Bagley was ‘generously warm’ today and in fact the thermostat was reading close to 86 F. Over and above this high room temperature, we discovered that the control mechanism that keeps the room temperature from fluctuating wildly, is not functioning. The upshot: The […]
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UPDATE ! AV500 – SYSTEM READY FOR USE
The 13C channel tuning problem has been fixed. I would like to emphasize the following: ” please be gentle with the tuning and matching knobs; do not use excessive force and try to turn them beyond their stop position, ever ! ” Along with this, we have also made sure that the 1H channel tuning […]
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UPDATE ! AV301 – SHIMMING ISSUES
Hello All A primary reason for the horrendous lineshape and difficulty in getting a decent shim-set on this instrument, of late, was due to a really dirty and grimy interior of the probehead i.e. the part where the RF coil wraps around the NMR sample tube, when you land the sample. This goopy resin sticking […]
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CLARIFICATION – NMR RESERVATION POLICY
Dear Users Referring to my earlier post shown below about the UW and Departmental policy in reserving and using NMR instruments within the Safety parameters of the Safe Start plan, I want to add an important clarification. Refresh your memory below and then read on : The TOWN CRIER IS BACK ! – PLEASE FOLLOW […]
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SAFE START REMINDER and NMR Facility Use – PLEASE READ AND IMPLEMENT
Dear NMR Users With research activity picking up speed in the Department, it doesn’t hurt to remind ourselves once again the stipulated safety plan that keep us all productive, safe (and happy in the process). Here is a quick link to the department guideline page : http://depts.washington.edu/chem/admin/COVIDGuidelines.htm I especially would like to highlight the following […]
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Let us keep Everyone Safe – In Anticipation – please take a moment
Dear NMR Community If you are one among the many who are raring to go and pick up the research threads where we left it before the world turned upside down and use the wonderful tool called NMR from your tool kit, to continue your critical mission of answering important research questions, I am totally […]
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