UW CHEMISTRY NMR
Announcments & Equipment Logs
Spectrometer
AV500 : PLANNED PROBE CHANGE and B0 FIELD CHANGE
The X{1H} -Z grad BBO probe will be tested and installed on 26th Oct’12, Friday. The probe optimization will be performed over the weekend and the probe should be ready for use by Monday, the 28th of Oct ’12. Along with this operation, the B0 field will be readjusted to re-position the LOCK field to […]
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AV800 : CRYOPROBE WALK-ON TIME AVAILABLE
Users who want to utilize the 800 MHz cryoprobe facility during the walk-on period next week between 22nd and 24th should contact the facility manager with your specific needs by the end of today, 19th Oct ’12. The slots will be filled on a first-come-first-serve basis.
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AV500: Automation Scripts Functional
All the stock Bruker au programs, such as multizg, multi_zgvt, multi_zgvd, etc. are operational once again. If users have their own au scripts, they should compile automatically, the first time you invoke them. If you face any difficulty, please contact the facility manager.
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AV301 : SAMPLE SPINNING ISSUE
A possible blockage in the pneumatic system is causing the sample not to spin correctly. Related to this is the fact that, the BSMS keyboard might indicate the sample as ‘missing’, even when the sample is seated inside. The shim stack needs to be removed to clear this problem. Users are requested not to use […]
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AV500 : automation scripts not working
Familiar automation scripts such as ‘xaua’ are not functioning as expected. This is being looked into. Please use workarounds that are viable. For instance, ‘xaua’ can be replaced with ‘rga’ followed by ‘zg’. Please contact facility staff for assistance with this.
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AV300, AV500: PRINTING OK
The long standing problem of not able to print spectra from either the Topspin window or with the xwinPlot, plot editor program is now resolved. For routine use, you can use Ctrl-P to print whatever is displayed in a active Topspin window to the printer, without the necessity of starting the plot editor.
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DRX499 : VT SYSTEM UPDATE : PLEASE READ
Similar to the temperature limit test that was conducted on AV500, we completed a test to determine the maximum allowable sample temperature that is safe within the operational constraints of the DRX499 spectrometer. We have determined that +70 C will be the absolute maximum sample temperature that is sustainable without causing serious concerns, for an […]
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