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NMR

NMR

2 7.1
A method that uses magnets to make images of the inside of the body or to find a molecule's structure
  • noun
  • /ˌɛn ɛm ˈɑr/
  • Specialized
translation icon : RMN
  • The NMR technique is essential in determining the molecular structure of complex compounds.
  • NMR magnetic
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
  • NMR resonance

Well, the way it's actually done nowadays is by NMR, right?

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Examples

  • Using NMR, researchers can analyze the composition of substances in both chemistry and medical imaging.

  • Other biomedical applications of NMR include vascular flow measurements and the study of cellular metabolism.

    Academic text (1993)
  • However, it was difficult to separate the NMR contributions coming from the liquid and the solid.

    Academic text (1996)
  • How does one associate a particular NMR signal with a small localized region in the human body?

    Academic text (1993)
  • Just this summer, the group reported the solution NMR studies of a structure whose size is 870 kDa.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Generally speaking, NMR detection is more sensitive the higher the Larmor frequency is in the radio spectrum.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The Cornell experimenters recognized they needed to use NMR to confirm the transition they had found.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) has provided evidence that methylamines accumulate in chronic renal failure.

    Academic text (1991)
  • 27Al MAS-NMR analysis: Figures 7 and 8 display the 27Al MAS-NMR spectra for the geopolymer mortar samples and raw fly ashes.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Many scientists rely on NMR to gather detailed information about the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei.

Synonyms

nuclear magnetic resonance
vsNMR
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A method that uses strong magnets and radio waves to make images or study molecules

is the practical method using that effect to determine molecular structure
proton magnetic resonance
vsNMR
  • Specialized
5.3

A method using a strong magnet and radio waves to make images of body parts or molecules

is broader and applies the method to many atomic nucleus types to determine structure

Surface Forms

NMR singular
NMRs plural

Etymology

NMR stands for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. The parts mean 'nuclear' = 'center of an atom', 'magnetic' = 'like a magnet', and 'resonance' = 'vibration' or 'echo', so the method 'listens' to tiny magnetic vibrations in atoms to learn a molecule's shape.