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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility

Bruker ARX-500 NMR Users Rules

  • 5 hours maximum of prime time (8:00 am – 8:00 pm) per 24 hr period/user. If 2x5 hr blocks are anticipated in one day, the first user should start at 8:00 am. Each user can reserve time as early as 48 hrs in advance with no more than one slot of daytime and one slot of overnight time per week. There is no slot restriction for reserving as early as 20 hrs for available time.

  • Overnight runs should start no earlier than 6:00 pm Monday-Thursday except nobody signs in the afternoon. Friday-Sunday there would be no restriction on when overnight runs begin.

  • Unscheduled time becomes open-access time on a first-come/first-serve basis.

  • If you do not show up within 20 min. of your scheduled time then it becomes open-access time.

  • If experiment runs over into next scheduled time then it is subject to termination. If you are running late, please call the lab (x6748) to discuss with next user.

  • Magnet fill time is scheduled for Friday mornings from 9:00 to 10:00 am and can‘t be used for running experiments.

  • Users can reserve instrumental times for their own needs. NMR time sign-up for others is restricted.

  • If there are special needs please see Rensheng Luo(x5330, B433) for scheduling of time on the instruments.