NMR Policies and Procedures

Requests for NMR time should be made through e-mail address: cosmic@odu.edu with Attn: NMR in the title line. All time requests will be posted on the calendar schedule which can be viewed on the website three days after the request is submitted. For drop off samples to be run by NMR staff, no advanced scheduling is necessary. We will make every effort to accommodate your self-operated or staff-operated experiment request; however, in the event of necessary maintenance or equipment failure, the staff at the College of Sciences Major Instrumentation Cluster reserves the right to modify the probe schedule and calendar.

The following rules and procedures apply:

1. The service request form must be completely filled out before any NMR service or self-operation is permitted. All usage of the NMR must be entered into the sample log book. Any error messages or equipment failure must be reported to the NMR specialist.
2. Only properly trained operators can request self-operated NMR time. Contact the NMR specialist for training.
3. The minimum time for self-operation is 1 hour. For drop off experiments, no advance reservation time is needed, but a service request form must still be submitted.
4. All NMR fees and charges according to the NMR rates listing will apply unless the instrument is not operational due to mechanical failure or if you give 48 hours notice via e-mail to a staff member that you cannot use the time you requested.
5. Users may allow another authorized member of their Research Group to use their assigned time, with prior notification to the staff member in charge of that instrument as long as that user has been trained for self-operation. Any questions about assigned time or usage are to be addressed to the NMR specialist.