The NMR center is located in Goodyear Polymer Center in rooms GDYR 824-826. The center is open to the faculty and students in the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at a nominal hourly charge.

The following three instruments are available:

• Gemini-300

  Varian Gemini-300 is available for fast routine variable temperature proton and carbon experiments, running VNMR 6.1B software on a Sun Ultra 10 computer with Solaris 2.6 operation system. Students who have been trained and authorized will be given an account to access the system.

• Varian Mercury 300

  Varian Mercury 300 is both liquid and solid instrument with ultra 10 workstation system. It has VT, indirect detect, Pulse Field Gradient, and two probes. The probes are:
  
  5 mm variable temperature, indirect detect and Pulse Field Gradient 1H/19F/13C/31P 4 nuclei probe;
  5 mm variable temperature, broadnabd probe;
  Solid-state broadband variable temperature CP/MAS probe;

• CMX-200

  Chemagnetics CMX-200 is a solid-only instrument. It has variable temperature, -150 to 250 *C, and spinning speed controller. The software is Spinsight II 3.0. The probes are 7 mm VT CPMAS mutilnuclei and 5 mm 1H CRAMP. It is usually configured with the CPMAS probe tuned to carbon. Tuning to other nuclei is possible, and is allowed for students who have been trained and authorized.

• A New 500 MNz NMR will be installed in early 2006

The following five instruments are available in the chemistry department:

• Inova-750 solids and liquids NMR spectrometer
• Inova-400 solution NMR spectrometer
• Gemini-300 solution NMR spectrometer
• Inova-200 solids NMR spectrometer
• CMC-200 triple resonance solids NMR spectrometer

SERVICES AVAILABLE:

For routine analysis and NMR instrument usage, call for quotation.

The services and research capabilities of the center include:

Determining chain structure of polymers:

• Competitive polymer product analysis
• No destructive polymer material identification and deformulation
• Composition of copolymer
• Sequence distribution and tacticity analysis
• Transesterification kinetics and thermal dynamics
• Reaction kinetic analysis
• Additive identification and quantification
• Branching and unsaturation content in Polyolefins
• Carbon black content
• Compositional analysis of polymer formulations
• Plasticizer identification and content
• Plastic/Polymer identification
• Residual monomer content

Determining solid state properties of new materials:

• No destructive polymer material identification and deformulation
• Cross-link density and mechanism
• Miscibility of polymer blends
• Intermolecular interaction analysis
• Molecular motion and phase transition
• Morphology of heterogeneous polymer systems
• Location of end groups and branches in semicrystalline polymers
• Partitioning of end groups and branches in semicrystalline polymers

Determining structure heterogeneity of semi solids:

• Polymer surfactant interaction in aqueous media
• Heterogeneity structure of latexes in solvent
• Structure heterogeneity and its development in emulsion and microemulsions
• Multicomponent interactions in food mixtures

CHARGES:

CPSPE users are charged an hourly usage fee in ¼ hour increments. The normal hourly rate is $7/hour. Time outside 8 am to 6 pm on normal weekdays and on weekends is ½ the normal hourly rate ($3.5/hour).

Faculty who are consulting for industry or others and are in need of NMR center services will be charged at the regular industrial rates listed below.

• Room Temp. 1H spectrum in CDCl3 $150.00/sample quantity 1-9
• Room Temp. 1H spectrum in CDCl3 $100.00/sample quantity 10 or more
• Room Temp. 19F spectrum in CDCl3 $150.00/sample quantity 10 or more
• Room Temp. 13C spectrum in CDCl3 $120.00/hr, 50% discount after 4th hr.
• High Temp. 1H and 13C spectrum, both liquid and solid- obtain quotation
• Variable Temp. 15N and 29Si and 31P spectrum, both liquid and solid- obtain quotation

It is recommended that an estimate be obtained for each project.