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Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
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Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's 800-MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash.

nuclear magnetic resonance

scientific technique
Also known as: NMR
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nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), selective absorption of very high-frequency radio waves by certain atomic nuclei that are subjected to an appropriately strong stationary magnetic field. This phenomenon was first observed in 1946 by the physicists Felix Bloch and Edward M. Purcell independently of each other. Nuclei in which at least one proton or one neutron is unpaired act like tiny magnets, and a strong magnetic field exerts a force that causes them to precess in...

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