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Since it was discovered, the typical trend in NMR Spectroscopy has been towards higher field, evidenced by the rapid replacement of permanent magnets with supercons. Why? Well, NMR Spectroscopy…

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Inaccurate or missing information during the oil analysis process can lead to a misdiagnosis. Nuclear magnetic resonance is one of the top analytical methods in modern chemistry, and the benchtop NMR spectrometer has proven to be effective in its oil analysis.

In NMR, the net magnetization is detected in the xy plane, giving rise to the FID (Free Induction Decay). The process by which the magnetization in the xy plane decays away, over time, to its equilibrium value of zero, is known as T2 relaxation, transversal relaxation, relaxation on the xy plane, or spin-spin relaxation.

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Both relaxometry and spectroscopy are valued NMR tools for chemical analysis. Both techniques are useful in revealing information on chemical samples. Spectrometers have extremely homogeneous magnetic fields and can provide structural information about composition and connectivity about a molecule whereas relaxometers are less homogenous and provide time-domain data that give information about the bulk properties of a sample such as viscosity and solid fat content.