Many thanks to everyone who provided their experience in dealing with similar issue. The majority of responses were sending the magnet to scrap yard, one might get few hundred dollars for it. iIf you take the center bore tubes (cooper) out from the magnet, it will get more bucks for the copper. One suggested to cut open a window to show the interior structure of the magnet, make it an exhibition for undergraduate/graduate students interested in learning more about NMR.
Best,
Dee
P.S. A good friend mentioned that many of his colleagues envisioned cutting the magnet in half to make two good barbecue smokers.
Original question I posted:
We have two un-shielded magnets (Bruker 300 1980's, and Oxford 250 1990's). Both were de-commissioned within past three years. Since they are un-shielded, we could not find any party who would be interested in taking them. We would like to dispose both magnets. There could be a third magnet (200 MHz) needed to be disposed also in the near future also. Does anyone has any suggestion how to properly dispose them? Many thanks in advance for your input.
Received on Fri Feb 08 2013 - 13:49:34 MST