Detection of proton NMR signal in the earth's magnetic field at an urban laboratory environment without shielding

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Dong, Hui ^a   Wang, Yongliang ^a   Zhang, Shulin ^a   Sun, Yue ^a   Xie, Xiaoming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FADING (RADIO); MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SHIELDING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPIN DYNAMICS; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELDS; GRADIOMETER; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENTS; MEASUREMENT FIELDS; NMR SIGNALS; PREPOLARIZATION; PREPOLARIZATION FIELDS; PROTON SIGNALS; SAMPLE VOLUMES; SIGNAL MAGNITUDES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SPIN RELAXATION TIMES; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; TAP WATERS;

QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES;

EID: 58149518694     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: 13616668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/21/11/115009     Document Type: Article

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