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Hi all!
I only have a short question concerning nuclear magnetic resonance: the basic principle is that we apply an external magnetic field, the protons (the core of H^1) is split into two energy levels (depending on the alignment of its spin) and we can apply an external high-frequency pulse to do the usual stuff.
Now, there are also electrons in hydrogen. Normally the spin of the proton and the spin of the electron should couple. However, in the normal basic description of NMR the electron plays no role at all. Why is that?
Thank you very much in advance!
Blue2script
I only have a short question concerning nuclear magnetic resonance: the basic principle is that we apply an external magnetic field, the protons (the core of H^1) is split into two energy levels (depending on the alignment of its spin) and we can apply an external high-frequency pulse to do the usual stuff.
Now, there are also electrons in hydrogen. Normally the spin of the proton and the spin of the electron should couple. However, in the normal basic description of NMR the electron plays no role at all. Why is that?
Thank you very much in advance!
Blue2script