UW CHEMISTRY NMR
Announcments & Equipment Logs
ALERT – DRX499 : WALK ON TIMING UPDATE
To bring the two 500 MHz instruments on par and to ease the load on the AV500 spectrometer, that is being heavily booked of late, users are informed that the walk-on duration on DRX499 is extended to a 3 hour limit from the current 1 hour limit. This should help users significantly. For instance one […]
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AV301 – UPDATE : LINESHAPE DISTORTION
We are aware of this issue and looking into it. Preliminary investigation has ruled out the probehead to be the immediate cause and we are in the process of testing other components. In the meanwhile, users are encouraged to use the pulse program zg30 in place of the usual zg experiment to record the spectra. […]
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ALERT ! AV301 : PROBE CHANGE TO BBI – READY FOR USE ON 7 SEPT, TUE, EVENING
The ATMA BBI probe that is capable of computer controlled tuning/matching will take the place of the current TXD-19F probe. The probe should be ready for regular use by 4.00 pm, Tuesday the 7th of September i.e. tomorrow. All the TOPSPIN user interfaces will have the Auto Wobb button that will help you automatically tune […]
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ALERT – AV500 : DEUTERIUM GRADIENT SHIMMING NON-FUNCTIONAL
A hardware board malfunction makes the 2H Topshim non-functional. Repair attempts are in progress with the faulty circuit board. Users can still use Topshim 1D and 3D for proteo-solvents and aqueous sample preps. Update will be posted in due course.
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UPDATE ! – DRX499 – NEW COMPUTER INSTALLATION COMPLETE
The topspin environment is functional with the spectrometer, running on the new computer. Compilation of Topspin automation scripts is not yet up and running and this will be addressed in the coming days. But the spectrometer is usable in a normal fashion. Please keep the facility staff updated if you notice anything worthwhile. If your […]
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UPDATE : ALL FACILITY INSTRUMENTS ARE OPERATIONAL
All instruments tested to be stable and in normal operational mode. The FTP server is hosting the data trees of all instruments, as expected.
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ALERT ! FACILITY POWER SHUTDOWN TOMORROW, Sept. 5th
As announced earlier, the NMR facility instruments will be shutdown by 3.30 pm tomorrow in anticipation of a scheduled power shut down to the NMR lab i.e. Room:37, Bagley Hall by early morning on Saturday the 6th September. The power shut down is announced to last until 3.00 pm on Saturday. The instruments will be […]
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