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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Net magnetisation, rotating frame?

Also known as: net magnetisation · rotating frame

Definition 8.6 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 8 — NMR in Depth: Pulses, Relaxation and 2D

The net magnetisation M\mathbf M of a sample is the sum of its nuclear magnetic moments per unit volume; at equilibrium it is M0M_0 along B0\mathbf B_0. The rotating frame is a set of axes x′x', y′y', zz turning about zz at the frequency of the radio waves applied; in it the precession at ν0\nu_0 is seen slowed to the offset ν0−νrf\nu_0 - \nu_{\mathrm{rf}}.

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