NMR is Broadly Applicable

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

• Applies to atoms and molecules with nuclear spin

quantum numbers greater than zero.

• Applied magnetic field induces Zeeman splittings

in spin states, and energy is absorbed from

radiation when the frequency meets the

resonance condition, hν = ∆E ∝ µN × H0

• 1/λ ~ 10–3 cm–1

, ν = c/λ ~ 25–500 MHz