This tutorial introduces the JEOL 3.2 mm ZrO2 sample tube, discusses its parts, sample volume, describes packing principles, and demonstrates an integrity test (scratch test).
NOTE: You must follow this protocol for packing the tube on a bench-top spinner or testing a prepacked tube prior to inserting it in the probe: User Protocol - Packing the sample.pdf
Import of NMR data to MNova is simple: just drag-and-drop from the file browser.
Topspin
From main menu in Topspin, click File:Open
choose "Open NMR data stored in special format"
set File Type: JCAMP-DX
click OK - browser window opens
Navigate the window into the folder containing your NMR experiments
Select one of the experiments (name.jdf) and click Open button
A fromjdx window opens
set EXPNO field to 1
DIR field should contain a full path to where your converted data should be. I suggest creating a separate folder on the same level with the original Varian data. Example:
My data were in /Users/kovrigin_laptop/Documents/Workspace/Data/Data.XVIII/EKN98.Dale.full_reaction.repeat/data
experiment was exp7.fid
I copy-paste the ENTIRE path from VNMR-name field into DIR omitting the actual experiment name
modify last folder name data to become data_converted
select entire path and copy it to clipboard - we will need it to set up a new folder in Topspin Browser (below)
Click OK
Add the folder with converted data to the Topspin Browser:
Right-click in the Browser window of Topspin and select Add New Data Dir
paste the new path from clipboard to DIR field
Enter convenient name to in ALIAS field to be displayed in Topspin Browser (in my example Varian)
View the newly converted dataset same way as standard Bruker data
Now you can return to File:Open to convert more files
the conversion window remembers your paths. All you need to do is to select a new Varian .fid folder
to refresh a list of converted files in Browser you should fold and unfold the folder by clicking on an arrow next to its name
Whether you have .fid extension on Varian datasets or no extension - does not matter.
NOTE: Sometimes Topspin hangs after conversion. To clear the condition navigate your file browser to the folder (on Mac) /Applications/TopSpin 3.5pl7 Utilities and launch the Terminate TopSpin.app.
