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nuclear magnetic resonance

vr.tr.nuclear-magnetic-resonance · ACT.PRC

Let an agent explain nuclear magnetic resonance and its physics, relay spectroscopy, imaging and advanced techniques from physics and chemistry references, describe applications, and distinguish NMR from electron spin resonance and from MRI as an application.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain nuclear magnetic resonance and its physics, relay spectroscopy, imaging and advanced techniques from physics and chemistry references, describe applications, and distinguish NMR from electron spin resonance and from MRI as an application.

A physical phenomenon in which atomic nuclei with spin, placed in a strong magnetic field, absorb and re-emit electromagnetic radiation at a resonant frequency that depends on the nucleus and its chemical environment, discovered in 1938 and 1946, and exploited in NMR spectroscopy for determining molecular structure, in magnetic resonance imaging for medicine, in solid-state techniques such as cross-polarization, in double resonance methods such as electron nuclear double resonance, and in quantum computing; NMR is one of the most important analytical techniques in chemistry.

What it is for: Analysing structure and imaging through nuclear spins.

It can be explain the physics; relay spectroscopy and techniques; describe applications; distinguish from ESR and MRI.

Distinguishing features

Nuclear spin resonance

Chemical shift

Non-destructive

Broad applications

What it looks like

Not a visible object; spectra and images from superconducting magnet instruments.

Physical character

discovered: 1938 Rabi, 1946 Bloch and Purcell year

proton Larmor frequency at 1 T: about 42.58 MHz

high-field spectrometers: up to 1.2 GHz - proton frequency

How it is recognised

Resonant absorption by nuclear spins in a magnetic field

NMR spectroscopy, solid-state NMR, cross-polarization, ENDOR, MRI

Electron spin resonance uses electron spins; MRI is the imaging application

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms, of radiofrequency radiation

absorption

underlies - in medicine

magnetic resonance imaging

is applied in - for structure determination

NMR spectroscopy

is contrasted with - using electron spins

electron paramagnetic resonance

In practice

Families and kinds

solution NMR spectroscopy

solid-state NMR including magic angle spinning and cross-polarization

multidimensional NMR

double resonance techniques such as ENDOR

magnetic resonance imaging as an application

low-field and benchtop NMR

NMR in quantum information

Identifiers

MeSH D009682 magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Standards and regulation

IUPAC recommendations on NMR nomenclature and chemical shift referencing

Safety rules for superconducting magnets and cryogens

Failure modes and hazards

Magnet quench and cryogen hazards

Confusing NMR with ESR or with MRI

Misinterpreting spectra

Also called

Cross-polarizationelectron nuclear double resonance

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What NMR is.

Science.

Physics

Physics.

Physics

Physics.

  1. How do nuclear spins precess and resonate in a magnetic field, and what determines the resonance frequency? definition
  2. Is the question about NMR physics, spectroscopy, MRI or electron spin resonance? boundary

Parameters

Chemical shift and coupling.

Parameters

Parameters.

  1. What are chemical shift, spin-spin coupling and relaxation, and what do they reveal? definition
  2. Which entry fits chemical shift? action
Techniques Techniques.

Science.

Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy.

Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy.

  1. How do one- and multidimensional NMR experiments determine molecular structure? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Solid

Solid-state and double resonance.

Solid

Solid.

  1. How do magic angle spinning, cross-polarization and ENDOR extend NMR to solids and radicals? provenance
  2. Which entry fits solid-state NMR? action
Apply Applications.

Application.

Chemistry

Chemistry and biology.

Chemistry

Chemistry.

  1. How is NMR used in chemistry, structural biology, metabolomics and materials? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Medicine

Medicine and beyond.

Medicine

Medicine.

  1. How does NMR underlie MRI and appear in oil exploration, food science and quantum computing? provenance
  2. Which entry fits magnetic resonance imaging? action
Context History and instruments.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did Rabi, Bloch, Purcell, Ernst and Wuthrich develop NMR, with Nobel recognition? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of NMR? action

Instruments

Instruments.

Instruments

Instruments.

  1. How do NMR spectrometers work, and what are the trends in field strength and benchtop instruments? provenance
  2. Which entry fits NMR spectrometer? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should NMR spectroscopy and solid-state NMR be separate primary entries?
  • How should physics and chemistry references be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming techniques; should they be split off?