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US 4,284,949 AGranted
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer and method
AssigneeNicolet Instrument Corporation
InventorsDrouet W. Vidrine, Paul E. Peterson
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AssigneeNicolet Instrument Corporation
InventorsDrouet W. Vidrine, Paul E. Peterson
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A nuclear magnetic resonance technique that allows simultaneous temperature determination and spectral acquisition. The technique employs a modification of the lock circuit of a Varian XL-100 Spectrometer which permits accurate measurement of the difference in resonance frequency between a primary lock nucleus and another, secondary, nucleus. The field stabilization function of the main lock circuit is not compromised. A feedback signal having a frequency equal to the frequency difference is substituted for the normal power supply in the spectrometer's existing radio frequency transmitter to modulate that transmitter. Thus, the transmitter's radio frequency signal is enhanced in a frequency corresponding to the resonance peak of the secondary nucleus. Determination of the frequency difference allows the determination of temperature without interference with the observed spectrum. The feedback character of the circuit and the presence of noise make the circuit self-activating.
In a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer of the type having transmitting means for exciting a first nucleus in a sample in a polarizing magnetic field at a frequency corresponding to its resonant peak, the improvement which comprises feedback means including means for detecting the frequency difference between the resonant peak of said first nucleus and the resonant peak of a second nucleus in said sample and means for modulating said transmitting means with a signal representative of said frequency difference.
In a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer of the type having means for transmitting a radio frequency signal to excite a first nucleus in a sample in a polarizing magnetic field at a frequency corresponding to its resonance peak, the improvement which comprises feedback means including means for detecting the frequency corresponding to the resonance peak of a second nucleus in the sample and means providing a modulation signal to said transmitting means for enriching said radio frequency signal in a frequency corresponding to the resonance peak of said second nucleus.
In a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer of the type having means for applying a radio frequency magnetic field to a sample in a polarizing magnetic field at the resonance frequency of a first nucleus within said sample, the improvement which comprises feedback means including means for detecting the resonance frequency of a second nucleus in said sample and for modulating said radio frequency magnetic field to provide a radio frequency magnetic field having a center frequency equal to said first nucleus resonance frequency and one of its sidebands equal to the detected resonance frequency of said second nucleus.
The method of determining the nuclear resonance frequency difference between first and second nuclei in a sample within a polarizing magnetic field comprising the steps of:
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