UW CHEMISTRY NMR
Announcments & Equipment Logs
NEO500 : IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION ABOUT TUBE LENGTHS
Dear Users While you were trained on the new NEO500 system, you were told that it is OK to use the J-Young type tubes even with this fully automated system. This is definitely true, but certainly there is a caveat to that statement. Please look at the picture below. The ‘dotted line’ is roughly the […]
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ALERT ! NEO500 – SHIM QUALITY ISSUES
Dear Users Many of you might have noticed that the lineshape and resolution you got for many of your samples in the past several days are not what you expected, that too from a mint condition instrument such as NEO500. We are aware of this and have been applying remedies to resolve this transparently. I […]
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UPDATE ON AV300 : SYSTEM HAS UPGRADED VT CONTROL NOW !
Dear Users Thanks to a low temperature chiller that we repurposed from the recently decommissioned AV500 console, the AV300 system now has much better temperature stability and also the capability to lower your sample temperature close to 0 deg. C, if you wish to. Temperature stability is quite important, when it comes to Lock and […]
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CLARIFICATION ABOUT MY ACCESSIBILITY, AVAILABILITY….AND AN APPEAL….
Dear fellow NMR enthusiasts and valuable users : Ever since the day I have been honored with managing this amazing NMR facility and help with the clientele, it has been a fact that the NMR Manager is a highly delocalized particle, to borrow a phrase from the world of Quantum Mechanics. The geographical locations that […]
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UPDATE ! NEO500 – BUDGET NUMBERS ACTIVELY CHECKED FOR ACCURACY
Dear Users Thank you for paying attention to the mandatory entry of your valid budget number when you queue up an experiment on NEO500. To help you with this process, a software plugin of sorts is now activated. When you enter a budget string that is incorrect, you will be alerted with Red font as […]
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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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