Reading tons of papers, highlighting as I go, but two weeks later I have no idea which paper had which data point. Currently using Excel to log key info and it's fine, but curious if there's a better way to organize what you extract from papers so it's actually searchable later. What's your system?
Hi everyone, I’m from more of an environmental background, but I’m currently working on a project that is more chemistry-focused. I’m looking for software people actually use for chemistry-related work, especially for publication figures, reaction schemes, and chemical drawings.
I’ve already looked online, but there are so many options that I’d rather hear from people with real experience. I’m looking for something that is easy to learn but still useful, so I can start getting comfortable with it while I’m doing my experiments and not feel completely lost when it’s time to work on the publication.
If anyone has recommendations based on personal experience, I’d really appreciate hearing what worked well, what was easy to pick up, and what you’d suggest for someone just starting out.
Trace 1310 GC-ECD on Chromeleon, running a calibration sequence.
I think the first run got started from the GC keypad instead of from Chromeleon, the blank ran the full oven program but showed "No Signal" (autosampler never properly injected). I hit Stop to abort.
Now the GC console shows "Standby" with all zones at setpoint, and the log shows "Stopping the sequence queue (immediately)." But the Studio sequence window still says "Stopping: Running" and Row 1 still shows "Running." So the instrument is clearly free, but the sequence view won't drop to Idle.
Already tried: Stop again, Stop Queue → Immediately → OK (multiple times), and waiting 10+ min. No luck.
How do I get the sequence to release out of this state? Any suggestions on what to check or try would be appreciated.
Hey everyone,
I saw a few videos and documents covering calibration curves for GC-MS, but I am specifically working with a GC-ECD setup (Thermo Trace 1300 running on Chromeleon 7) and want to ensure my software settings are correct.
Does anyone have an SOP or official guideline document they can share that covers the exact setup for ECD calibration directly inside the software?
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