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Dear AMMRL'ers,
I am forwarding the message below on behalf of Gary Kramer of NIST
who is looking for volunteers to help formulate new NIST standards for
NMR. Please respond to him directly if you are interested. His contact
information is give at the bottom of his message.
Jane
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Dr. Jane Strouse
Director, UCLA Molecular Instrumentation Center
1410 Molecular Sciences Building
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569
(310)-825-9841 - voice
(310)-825-2280 - fax
strousej@chem.ucla.edu
http://www.mic.ucla.edu
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Hi folks,
As I have mentioned to several of you on the phone (and I apologize to
those
that I have not been able to reach), I am attempting to rekindle an ASTM
effort to develop standards (both artifact and procedural) for NMR
spectroscopy. I chair the ASTM Subcommittee E13.15 on Analytical Data.
When
the E13 Committee was reorganized a few years back, the inactive NMR
subcommittee was disbanded, and their sole standard, E386-90 "Standard
Practice for Data Presentation Relating to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(NMR)
Spectroscopy," was moved into E13.15 for two reasons--the standard had
the
word "data" in its title, and the E13 chairman knew that I could spell
NMR.
The E386 standard was developed in the mid-1970s and was last revised in
1990.
A lot has happened to the state of the art and practice of NMR since
then.
Furthermore, when we bought a spectrometer a few years ago, I was
pleasantly
surprised to see that the vendors' specs appeared to be generated using
similar samples, indicating the existence of some de facto agreements
toward
standards in the community. Accordingly, it seems to me that the time
may be
ripe to revive an effort to develop NMR standards at ASTM. Judging from
my
phone conversations, a lot of you agree.
I envision that the process to develop new NMR standards could primarily
be
conducted via Internet-assisted conference calls (aka Virtual Meetings
or
VMs). We have been using VMs very effectively for other E13.15
activities
over the past three years, and ASTM has a good system in place to
facilitate
VMs. However, with PittCon coming up very soon, I have secured a 1-hour
time
slot in the ASTM meeting room that those of us who are attending PittCon
can
use to discuss this project face-to-face. This meeting will be at 10:00
AM,
Monday, March 3 in Room MR-05, which I'm told is on the second level in
the
Conference Center. If you are not personally attending PittCon, feel
free to
deputize someone from your company who is or to pass this along to other
interested parties/stakeholders. If you know of others that I should
contacted about this, please let me know. I look forward to working
with all
of you on this and, as always, am eager to hear to what you have to say
on
this subject.
Cheers,
Gary Kramer
Research Chemist
NIST
Biochemical Science Division
Stop 8310
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
301-975-4132
gary.kramer@nist.gov
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behalf of Gary Kramer of NIST who is looking for volunteers to help =
formulate
new NIST standards for NMR. Please respond to him directly if you =
are
interested. His contact information is give at the bottom of his =
message.
Jane
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Dr. Jane Strouse
Director, UCLA Molecular Instrumentation Center
1410 Molecular Sciences Building
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569
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(310)-825-2280 - fax
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Hi =
folks,
As I have mentioned =
to
several of you on the phone (and I apologize to those
that I have not =
been able to
reach), I am attempting to rekindle an ASTM
effort to develop =
standards
(both artifact and procedural) for NMR
spectroscopy. =
I chair
the ASTM Subcommittee E13.15 on Analytical Data. When =
the E13 Committee =
was
reorganized a few years back, the inactive NMR
subcommittee was =
disbanded,
and their sole standard, E386-90 "Standard
Practice for Data
Presentation Relating to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) =
Spectroscopy," =
was
moved into E13.15 for two reasons--the standard had the =
word =
"data" in its
title, and the E13 chairman knew that I could spell =
NMR.
The E386 standard =
was
developed in the mid-1970s and was last revised in 1990. =
A lot has happened =
to the
state of the art and practice of NMR since then. =
Furthermore, when =
we bought
a spectrometer a few years ago, I was pleasantly
surprised to see =
that the
vendors' specs appeared to be generated using
similar samples, =
indicating
the existence of some de facto agreements toward
standards in the
community. Accordingly, it seems to me that the time may be =
ripe to revive an =
effort to
develop NMR standards at ASTM. Judging from my
phone =
conversations, a lot
of you agree.
I envision that the =
process
to develop new NMR standards could primarily be
conducted via
Internet-assisted conference calls (aka Virtual Meetings or =
VMs). We have =
been
using VMs very effectively for other E13.15 activities =
over the past three =
years,
and ASTM has a good system in place to facilitate
VMs. However, =
with PittCon
coming up very soon, I have secured a 1-hour time
slot in the ASTM =
meeting
room that those of us who are attending PittCon can
use to discuss this =
project
face-to-face. This meeting will be at 10:00
AM,
Monday, March 3 in =
Room
MR-05, which I'm told is on the second level in the
Conference
Center. If you are =
not
personally attending PittCon, feel free to
deputize someone =
from your
company who is or to pass this along to other
interested
parties/stakeholders. If you know of others that I should =
contacted about =
this, please
let me know. I look forward to working with all
of you on this and, =
as
always, am eager to hear to what you have to say on
this =
subject.
Cheers,
Gary =
Kramer
Research =
Chemist
NIST
Biochemical Science =
Division
Stop =
8310
Gaithersburg,
MD =
20899
301-975-4132
gary.kramer@nist.gov
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