Re: Locking on the standard

Partha K Sarathy (saratpk@mail.auburn.edu)
Mon, 11 May 1998 14:01:55 -0500 (CDT)

Shims are checked weekly once and on probe-change and any user can
call back the shim file before working on his/her sample.
Dr. K. P. Sarathy Auburn Univ

On Mon, 11 May 1998, Charles L. Anderson wrote:

*I have always be taught that it is common courtesy to lock and shim on a
*standard before you leave an NMR. This way the person coming after you
*knows what to expect when they set down at the spectrometer. However, I am
*getting the feeling that not all NMR facilities do this. Before I arrived
*here they did not lock and shim on a standard so there has been some
*resistance to this. I would be interested in hearing some input on this
*subject. What do you do in your facilities?
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*Charles L. Anderson, Ph.D.
*Manager NMR Facilities
*Department of Chemistry
*University of Houston
*Houston, TX 77204-5641
*Office: (713)-743-2728
*Fax: (713)-743-2709
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*"Anything one man can imagine
* others can make true"
* Jules Verne
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