Hi all,
Just to let you know that fortnightly CELTIC lab meetings will resume on the 1st October at 11am in 1.58 main building. As soon as the room booking is confirmed I will send out a calendar invite to all.
The CELTIC lunch is also scheduled to take place in late October but I am waiting approval for this to go ahead.
Cheers,
Edward
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Dr. Edward Inglis
Office 2.26A
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cardiff University
Main Building, Park Place
Cardiff
CF10 3AT
Office: +44 (0)29 2087 79469
Lab: +44 (0)29 2087 74326
Email: inglise(a)cardiff.ac.uk
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Hi everyone,
On Monday and part of Tuesday, there will be a technician in to service the pipettes for us. This is to make sure they're working as they should be and pipetting the amount that they're meant to.
On Friday afternoon, I will go down to Celtic and gather the pipettes. If you need a certain pipette on Monday or Tuesday (they should be done with Celtic's on Monday but just in case consider Tuesday as well), please let me know and I will see if I can bring the same type from another lab.
Thanks guys! See you at 10 today 🙂
Sofiya
Sofiya Valkova (hi/ei)
Technegydd Ymchwil
Ysgol Gwyddorau'r Ddaear a’r Amgylchedd
Prifysgol Caerdydd
Prif Adeilad, Plas-y-Parc
Caerdydd CF10 3AT
Ffôn : +44 (0)29 2087 76647
Ebost: valkovas(a)caerdydd.ac.uk
Mae'r brifysgol yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu yn Saesneg. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu unrhyw oedi.
Sofiya Valkova (she/her)
Research Technician
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cardiff University
Main Building, Park Place
Cardiff CF10 3AT
Phone: +44 (0)29 2087 76647
Email: valkovas(a)cardiff.ac.uk
The university welcomes correspondence in Welsh or English. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to any delay.
Hey everyone,
Tomorrow (4th Sept) is the HF awareness course, 10am in 1.58. Afterwards we will have a shorter lab meeting so feel free to stick around🙂
Cheers,
Sofiya
Sofiya Valkova (hi/ei)
Technegydd Ymchwil
Ysgol Gwyddorau'r Ddaear a’r Amgylchedd
Prifysgol Caerdydd
Prif Adeilad, Plas-y-Parc
Caerdydd CF10 3AT
Ffôn : +44 (0)29 2087 76647
Ebost: valkovas(a)caerdydd.ac.uk
Mae'r brifysgol yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu yn Saesneg. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu unrhyw oedi.
Sofiya Valkova (she/her)
Research Technician
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cardiff University
Main Building, Park Place
Cardiff CF10 3AT
Phone: +44 (0)29 2087 76647
Email: valkovas(a)cardiff.ac.uk
The university welcomes correspondence in Welsh or English. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to any delay.
Hi all,
The time has come for me to redo your annual HF awareness course. This is a mandatory bit of training for ALL lab users (regardless if you use HF or not). Please can we meet in person next Wednesday at 10am in 1.58 main building for me to refresh this with you all.
Cheers,
Edward
—
Dr. Edward Inglis
Office 2.26A
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cardiff University
Main Building, Park Place
Cardiff
CF10 3AT
Office: +44 (0)29 2087 79469
Lab: +44 (0)29 2087 74326
Email: inglise(a)cardiff.ac.uk
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Hi all,
The Ar supply to the lab will be interrupted next Tuesday so that new regulators can be installed. Please don’t expect to use any of the ICP instruments on Tuesday.
Cheers,
Edward
—
Dr. Edward Inglis
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Cardiff University
Hi all,
Estates have now fixed the pump and the sinks and MQ dispenser is now back online.
Remember - no acid waste down the sinks!
Cheers,
Edward
—
Dr. Edward Inglis
Office 2.26A
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cardiff University
Main Building, Park Place
Cardiff
CF10 3AT
Office: +44 (0)29 2087 79469
Lab: +44 (0)29 2087 74326
Email: inglise(a)cardiff.ac.uk
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Hi all,
Just to update you. Despite estates best efforts the pump in the clean room is still not operational. They cant get back over to look at it until monday afternoon at the earliest. For the time being the sinks and MQ unit remains out of action.
The Nu is back up and running and Prof. Millet will test it this afternoon by doing what he does best and running some Sr. The Neoma vacuum is coming down nicely, as is the Triton. The issue with the 24v power supply on the Triton has been fixed. Both the Neoma and Triton will be useable by tomorrow. The iCAPS are operational.
We are still waiting for the AHU chiller to be fixed so it’s a tad warm in the clean rooms and multi collector labs.
Cheers,
Edward
—
Dr. Edward Inglis
Office 2.26A
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cardiff University
Main Building, Park Place
Cardiff
CF10 3AT
Office: +44 (0)29 2087 79469
Lab: +44 (0)29 2087 74326
Email: inglise(a)cardiff.ac.uk
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Hi all,
Following the electrical shutdown this morning the Nu Plasma 2, Triton and Neoma are now back on line. The vacuum on all three will need some time to come down and the magnets to stabilise on the Triton and Neoma. It’s safe to assume this will take most of the day. Please do not use these instruments until I give the go ahead.
Cheers,
Edward
—
Dr. Edward Inglis
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Cardiff University
Hi all,
Just to update you on a few things that are going on in the lab this week. Tomorrow the clean labs will be closed for at least the morning while a new water pump is installed. After this the sinks and MQ unit will be operational once again.
Tomorrow morning there is an electrical shutdown between 7am-8am. During this time Sophie and I will power down all of the instrument and bring them back online after the power is restored. Please note that there could be issues with teh instruments after power cycling them so bare with us. The same will happen next Monday night between 9-10pm. This means there could be issues on the Tuesday with the mass specs.
The cooling unit for the AHU serving the clean labs and multi collector room remains broken. The part is on order and will be installed ASAP. During this time the temperature will be variable in this part of the lab.
Any issues just shout.
Cheers,
Edward
—
Dr. Edward Inglis
Office 2.26A
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cardiff University
Main Building, Park Place
Cardiff
CF10 3AT
Office: +44 (0)29 2087 79469
Lab: +44 (0)29 2087 74326
Email: inglise(a)cardiff.ac.uk
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