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# only hydrogens are seen
 
# only hydrogens are seen
 
# there are only three peaks
 
# there are only three peaks
# the areas under the peaks are directly proportional to the concentrations of the hydrogens in ethanol i.e. the areas are 3:2:1
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# the areas under the peaks are directly proportional to the concentrations of the hydrogens in ethanol (i.e. the areas are 3:2:1)
 
# two of the peaks are split into multiplets, while the third is a singlet
 
# two of the peaks are split into multiplets, while the third is a singlet
 
# the intensity of the spectrum depends on the power of the rf pulse
 
# the intensity of the spectrum depends on the power of the rf pulse

Revision as of 11:37, 16 March 2020

Any successful theory must explain the observed facts. In NMR the fact is that when a sample of ethanol placed in the center of a strong magnetic field and pulsed with a narrow band of a specific radio frequency energy (rf), a reproduceable spectrum of peaks will be produced. This spectrum has the following properties that must be explained:

  1. only hydrogens are seen
  2. there are only three peaks
  3. the areas under the peaks are directly proportional to the concentrations of the hydrogens in ethanol (i.e. the areas are 3:2:1)
  4. two of the peaks are split into multiplets, while the third is a singlet
  5. the intensity of the spectrum depends on the power of the rf pulse
  6. the distances between the peaks changes depending on the strength of the magnetic field
  7. the sizes of the multiplets do not change with the strength of the magnetic field


There are two main ways that these facts can be explained: One way looks at the absorbance of photons by atomic nuclei, while the other looks at absorption of rf energy by the magnetic fields of a sample.

List of topics in this section

  • NMR of solids - it is still fundamentally NMR, but the technical challenges of having a solid vs a liquid need a whole section to describe the theory