Focus ter, a Nicolet wide-bore NT-200 spec trometer, and a Nicolet NT-400 spec trometer. In addition, the Colorado State University Chemistry Depart ment's J E O L FX-100 spectrometer has been incorporated into the center. T h e "wide-bore" designation of the first two instruments refers to the physical space available for the sam ple probe. A wide-bore spectrometer enables the investigator to analyze a large amount of sample, which is ad vantageous when working with dilute solutions, and to carry out specialized probe modifications requiring extra space. T h e NT-150 at Colorado State University is capable of detecting nuc lides with resonance frequencies rang ing between those of 1:>N and Ή , and will be used mainly for liquid samples. T h e NT-200, on the other hand, will be used mainly for obtaining spectra on solid samples by magic-angle spin ning and cross polarization. It will be used initially for 1:! C, but later for other spin-'/a nuclides as well. T h e Nicolet NT-400 will see a lot of use for protons, but will also be used for low frequency nuclei resonating up to about I 5 N , including 5 7 Fe, 10:! Rh, and 1(>9Ag. T h e J E O L FX-100, the Ni
colet NT-150, and the Nicolet NT-400 will be used primarily for liquid sam ples. T h e center's spectrometers will ulti mately be capable of obtaining spectra on any nuclide amenable to NMR ex periments. T h e FX-100 and NT-150 spectrometers are now available for regional use; the other two spectrome ters are expected to be ready by the fall or winter of 1979. T h e facility will provide service and spectrometer access in various modes, including the following: • a remote service mode in which the scientist simply submits samples; • a participating mode, in which the scientist does not run the spec trometers unassisted, but participates in experimental design and execution; and • an independent mode, in which the scientist goes through an instruc tion and checkout period with the spectrometers and then simply re serves time on a spectrometer for in dependent experiments. T h e center's staff will be available for consultation and assistance in data interpretation. In addition, opportuni ties exist for collaborative research ar
rangements with one or more mem bers of the staff. Under the supervision of Gary E. Maciel, director of the regional NMR center, there will be three full-time professional staff members, two of whom have already been hired. They are Dr. James Frye and Dr. Bruce Hawkins. A technician will be hired this summer. Further information may be obtained by writing to Dr. Bruce Hawkins, Manager, Regional N M R Center, Department of Chemis try, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo. 80523; 303-491-6455. NSF's Findeis was speaking about the scientists at the centers when he said, "They're very optimistic about what's going on. I'm optimistic, and I think the scientific community is opti mistic right now. I frankly think these centers are going to saturate, and if they saturate that will be the proof of the pudding. "There are scientists of extremely good will who are directors of these centers, and they are very serious about delivering a capability to the U.S. scientific community t h a t cur rently just doesn't exist."
AN INVITATION TO ATTEND
EXPOCHEM '79 October 22-25,1979 • Astrohall • Houston, Texas
hundreds of booths with the latest in industrial and biomedical instrumentation, • shown by the corporations on the leading edge of technology. XT _ _ # over one hundred invited papers by acknowledged experts in the areas of Γ Ι ν^
