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Instrument Information


Siena - 400 MHz, multinuclear autotune, 12 position 7510 autosampler available by special arrangement
GLA: David Vander Velde (davidv@caltech.edu)
Schedule: M-F 8 AM - 5 PM, 30 minutes; 5 PM - 8 AM unlimited
Weekend Schedule: 8 AM - 4 PM, 2 hours (sign up after 4 PM previous day); 4 PM - 8 AM, unlimited
FY2023 Internal Hourly rate: $18.85

Hg2 - 300 MHz
Hg2 training is done in conjunction with siena.
Variable temperature range -80 to +130
Schedule: 24 hours/day - unlimited Weekend Schedule: n/a
FY2023 Internal Hourly rate: $13.30

Gubbio (formerly Hg3) - 300 MHz, automation software
GLA: Hao Yu (hyu7@caltech.edu) Ext. 6061
Schedule: Monday to Friday 8 AM - 10 PM, 30 minutes; Monday to Thursday 10 PM - 8 AM, 4 hours; 
Friday 10  PM - 8 AM Monday, 8 hours
Signup required only for experiments more than 2 hours long.
FY2023 Internal Hourly rate: $16.63

Verona - 400 MHz, multinuclear iProbe, 1H/19F, 31P-109Ag, VT (-150 - +150, 24 position sample changer).
GLA: Skylar Osler (sosler@caltech.edu) Ext. 4666
Training for automation on verona is combined with florence training. See Dave for training on verona in manual mode for variable temperature.
Schedule: Alternate days in automation mode and in manual mode. In automation mode, experiment limits set through ICON-NMR software. In manual mode, 24 hours, sign up less than 72 hours in advance, longer times available upon request.
FY2023 Internal Hourly rate: $19.95

Venice (formerly Indy) - 500 MHz, 50 position SMS Autosampler
GLA: Ben Gross (bgross@caltech.edu)
Schedule: Every day 8 AM - 8 PM, 1 hour; every evening 8 PM - 11 PM, 2 hours; every night 11 PM - 8 AM, 9 hours (night queue)
Weekend Schedule: same
FY2023 Internal Hourly rate: $22.18

FID - 600 MHz, VT, inverse probes (i.e. higher proton sensitivity)
5 mm HCN Triax probe (default), VT range 0 - +60
5 mm inverse triple resonance probe is default, VT range -20 - +80
5 mm Penta PFG probe (H,C,P,N,D), VT range -20 - +80
3 mm inverse broadband PFG probe, VT range -20 - +80
GLA: Chloe Cerione (ccerione@caltech.edu)
Schedule: 48 hours, sign up less than 72 hours in advance; longer times available upon request.
Weekend Schedule: same
FY2023 Internal Hourly rate: $24.40

Florence - 400 MHz, 60 position SampleXpress sample changer, cryoprobe (i.e. higher sensitivity)
5 mm Prodigy cryoprobe (H/multinuclear from 31P to 15N) is default
5 mm SMART probe(H, F/multinuclear from 31P to 103Rh), VT range -150 - +150
GLA: Kate Gallagher (kgallagh@caltech.edu)
Schedule: Day queue, 9 am - 9 pm daily, 46 minute maximum per experiment, 2.5 hours maximum per person. Night queue, 9 pm - 9 am, no limits.
You only need to sign up for the night queue, to verify the instrument is not overbooked. The samples will be run in the order they are submitted to the queue, not necessarily the order shown on the webcal schedule. If you are worried about the stability of a sample, you do not have to put it in the sample changer at the time of submission; you can wait until just before the time the sample will run.
FY2023 Internal Hourly rate: $26.61


For all instruments, the external user rates are $83.19 for instrument use only, $182.68 for labor and instrument.