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Department of Chemistry NMR Facility

Scheduling

Protocol and Rules

Upon approval as Basic 300 MHz NMR user, you will receive a welcoming email to your pitt email account from the FACES system, which will provide a username and a temporary password for the PITTCHEMNMR group.

NMR problems can be reported to Macduff (4-8760, CSC920) or Damodaran (CSC1308).

FAILURE TO OBEY THE FOLLOWING RULES WILL LEAD TO A SUSPENSION OF NMR PRIVILEGES.

Rules

  1. You MUST log your name, experiment, solvent, etc into the brown book every time you use an NMR spectrometer.
  2. You can only sign up for one NMR at a time.
  3. NMR 301b is reserved for walk up access Mondays through Saturdays from 8am to 10pm and Sunday from 12pm to 5pm.
  4. Sign up for a particular day can begin only after a certain time:

    • Tuesday signup can begin Monday at 9am
    • Wednesday signup can begin Tuesday at 9am
    • Thursday signup can begin Wednesday at 9am
    • Friday signup can begin Thursday at 9am
    • Saturday, Sunday or Monday signup can begin Friday at 9am
  5. Users can only reserve a specific amount of time depending upon the day of week

    • M-F: day slots begin 8am and end 4pm with a 30 min limit.
    • M-F: evening slots begin 4pm and end 10pm with a 2 hour limit.
    • S-S: slots begin 8am and end 10pm with a 10 hour limit.
    • Overnight: slots all run from 10pm to 8am.
  6. Exemptions to early sign up and extended hours are available on a case-by-case basis to meet special needs. Request and justify an exception by email to Damodaran at least two days in advance.

 

FACES Scheduling

If you understand the rules and you are an approved user, you can schedule for experiment time by clicking the link.