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Before Submitting Samples, please check the status of the facility below.

INSTRUMENT STATUS CONFIGURATION DATE OF LAST CALIBRATION
NICOLET 6700 Operational MID IR June 30 2011
NICOLET 510 Operational MID IR June 28 2011
CARY 300 Operational LIQUIDS May 16 2011
CARY 50 Operational LIQUIDS June 28 2011
ELEMENTAL ANALYZER Offline
CHNS/O Done with each sample
LASER RAMAN Offline 514/785 N/A

Cary 300 update:  Operational for research, source alignment still required.

Elemental Analyzer: Separation column en route

Raman - mapping unavailable, laser shutter jammed due to swollen teflon

Sample Turn Around Time is currently 2 weeks.