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| Policy |
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| The NMR Facility serves the students,
faculty, and staff across the departments of U of C and Argonne National
laboratory, allowing users to obtain their own spectra. There are approximately
140 active user accounts in existence and about ~40,000 samples are run annually.
In order to become a user of the NMR facility, one needs to be trained and
tested prior to establishing an account. The facility user’s research adviser
obtains the bill containing the fee for the time used. |
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| Sign-Up Policy |
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1. Always follow the time allocation
schedule posted for each instrument.
2. Do not reserve multiple instruments during the same time period.
3. Any time reserved may be charged unless the reservation is canceled
30 minutes
in advance.
4. You may sign-up for NMR time not more than 24 hours in advance.
5. Each person is allowed a grace period prior to starting an experiment.
The grace
period time is proportional to the machine reservation time.
Time Reserved Grace Period
Less than 1 hour 10 minutes
1 hour- 3 hours 30 minutes
More than 3 hours 60 minutes
6. Another person may claim the remaining experiment time for his/her own
use if the instrument is not in use by the end of
the grace period.
7. Finish your experiment on time. If you anticipate finishing early, notify
the
following user.
8. Return the instrument to its original state, i.e. return the probe to
room
temperature after a VT experiment. After removing your sample,
turn off the
LIFT and SPIN and put the cap on the upper stack. Complete
these tasks before
the end of your time period.
Always sign the register book. Please note all problems in the register.
In case of serious problems such as a broken sample in the probe, notify
the NMR laboratory Manager |
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