Access

Accessing CAF

To Access CAF you must register annually. The yearly session runs from August 1^st to July 31st:

University of Reading members and official collaborating/visiting staff need to:

• Complete this online registration form. If you are a student, you must obtain your supervisor’s permission to use CAF. PGRs and staff will require a charge code (obtainable from your supervisor) which needs to be entered on the on-line form.
• The registration form contains instructions on who to contact for platform specific information, it also contains a link to a H&S presentation and quiz on the hazards associated with the NMR facility, completion of which is required for access to G44 lab hosted platforms (Chemistry).

Non-UoR members need to:

• Email Professor Gunter Kuhnle or Dr Graham Luke to request registration information

Access to the following CAF laboratories is restricted:

• NMR
• Thermal Analysis
• Optical Spectroscopy
• X-ray diffraction
• Mass Spectrometry
• JJT (Microscopy and Mass Spectrometry)

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