Instructions for the use of ECZ400

Requirement of registration

• Registration is required to use ECZ400.

• You may apply for registration at any time.

• Please renew your registration every year.

• Read the following notices and then proceed to the registration form.

• The registration form includes a quiz for you to use NMR safely.

• The registration will be accepted after evaluation of the quiz answer, following approval by the laboratory manager. It may require few days.

Safety precautions

• Do not bring metal products (keys, tweezers, etc) in the NMR room.

• Beware of asphyxiation due to vaporization of refrigerants (liquid nitrogen and liquid helium).

• Take a safety training course of liquid nitrogen and liquid helium at the Liquid Helium Center. Announcement of safety training.

• Take appropriate training before measurements. Contact staffs if you have any concerns about operation.

Status of ECZ400

• Check this page or sheet 1 of the file to reserve for scheduled suspension due to maintenance and troubles.

• Be aware of any other posted precautions.

• When you have any trouble, contact your lab's staff.

Reservation System

This equipment is shared by multiple laboratories. All measurements require reservation in advance.

• Short-time reservation up to 3 hr with 10-minutes increments is available during the daytime (9:00 to 18:00, but not later than 18:00).

• Nighttime (18:00 to 9:00) will be reserved as a single reservation term.

• You can make a reservation for a short measurement during nighttime hours if ECZ400 is not reserved on the day after 18:00. However, please follow the rules of each laboratory for nighttime experiments.

• Reservations are made via shared spreadsheet

File to reserve from 2025.3.31. or ELMS > G-suite > Drive > shared items.

• Please fill your name with laboratory name or ext.no in the cell.

• Please use ECZ400 after logging in with username/password of your laboratory. It will be used to take logs.

• Take a copy of your measured data. Do not store them in the PC of ECZ400 room for a long time.

Registration

• Those who took safety training and read and understood the above notice can register from the following registration form.

Registration form (for using ECZ400 from 2025.3.31)

• You need to log in to ELMS before accessing the registration form.

• The registration form includes a test to ensure safe use of NMR.

• The registration will be accepted after evaluation of the quiz answer, following approval by the laboratory manager. It may require few days.

• Reservation of ECZ400 is available after completion of registration.