{"id":149,"date":"2017-10-26T07:34:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T07:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/instrumentcenter\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:32:00","slug":"users-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/instrumentcenter\/users-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"User\u2019s Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"400px\"><a style=\"background-color: #4caf50;border: none;color: white;padding: 15px 32px;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;font-size: 16px;margin: 4px 2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdxt0nSe7KS-JyGHCuaYOk8o36Ns0-xD34D36RRhfpv4DmzOw\/viewform\">Registration Form<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"400px\"><a style=\"background-color: #008cba;border: none;color: white;padding: 15px 32px;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;font-size: 16px;margin: 4px 2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdvVr4R1VTiXDCi_pGfYgXPGCBcmodEBCRoUUBMXpgBY8lEJw\/viewform\">Request Form<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"400px\"><a style=\"background-color: #f4511e;border: none;color: white;padding: 15px 32px;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;font-size: 16px;margin: 4px 2px;cursor: pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/faces.ccrc.uga.edu\/\">Online Reservation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Every student must submit a duly completed \u201cRequest Form\u201d for the relevant analysis<strong> in advance. <\/strong>User can submit it online without supervisor\u2019s approval. However, the form with supervisor\u2019s signature and relevant Lecturer In-Charge\u2019s (LIC) signature must be provided prior to carry out the experiment.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">S<strong>amples without supervisor\u2019s approval will not be analyzed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Once the \u201cRequest Form\u201d is submitted, a time slot must be reserved by logging to the online reservation system.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Only the number of analysis approved in the \u201cRequest Form\u201d will be considered.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>It is important to emphasize that <\/strong>the <strong>sample analysis will not be performed in the absence of the student<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">In some special cases, such as poor quality of data or absence of expecting results, LIC or the\u00a0director will request special approval from the research supervisor to further continue the analysis.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Director\u00a0of the IC-FAS has right to change and reschedule the reserved-time due to unavoidable circumstances such as instrument maintenance and repairs.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">If you are not familiar with sample preparation methods, please contact either LICs or the coordinator before sample preparation for analysis.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Lab facilities or chemicals (except calibration standards for AAS) will not be provided.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify\" start=\"10\">\n<li>If the number of analysis is significantly higher, the\u00a0director will discuss with the research supervisor to maximize the fair user policy. The average time taken for a sample analysis is shown below for your reference.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"135\"><strong>Instrument<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"136\"><strong>Instrument warm-up time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"130\"><strong>Time taken for an analysis<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"142\"><strong>Number of analysis per request <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"135\">GC-MS<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">45 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">15 to 60 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"142\">2 hrs or maximum of 05 analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"135\">AAS flame<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">30 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">&lt;5 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"142\">1 hr or maximum of 50 analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"135\">AAS furnace<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">30 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">5 to 10 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"142\">1 hr or maximum of 25 analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"135\">FT-IR<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">15 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">&lt;5 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"142\">30 min or maximum of 05 analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"135\">Fluorescence<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">30 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">&lt;5 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"142\">20 min or maximum of 10 analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"135\">XRD<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">30 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">15 to 60 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"142\">2 hrs or maximum of 5 analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"135\">UV-VIS<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">10 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">&lt;5 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"142\">30 min\u00a0 or maximum of 10 analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"135\">IC<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">45 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">20 to 40 minutes<\/td>\n<td width=\"142\">2 hrs or maximum of 05 analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">11.Students are not allowed to handle any instrument without permission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">12.If the analyzed samples are not collected they will be discarded after 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">13.Instrumentation Facility <strong>does not take responsibility<\/strong> on the precision and accuracy of the data.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">14.It is recommend all our users to acknowledge the IC-FAS for the work done in whole, or in part, at Instrument Center of Faculty of Applied Sciences of University of Sri Jayewardenepura with the following statement:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>\u201cThis research [or, A portion of this research] used resources at Instrument Center operated by Faculty of Applied Sciences of University of Sri Jayewardenepura.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you acknowledge us please do not forget to email us a copy of your publication for our records.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">15.If a staff member of the IC-FAS is profoundly involved in a research project, you are highly advised to <strong>add that person as a co-author<\/strong> in scientific publications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration Form Request Form Online Reservation Every student must submit a duly completed \u201cRequest Form\u201d for the relevant analysis in advance. User can submit it online without supervisor\u2019s approval. However, the form with supervisor\u2019s signature and relevant Lecturer In-Charge\u2019s (LIC) signature must be provided prior to carry out the experiment. 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