What is the external magnetic field #(B_0)# in NMR processes?

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Jan 21, 2015

When you insert an NMR tube containing your sample into the NMR machine, you are placing it between the poles of a big magnet. The external magnetic field #B_0# is the field generated by this magnet.

The field strengths of most instruments range from 1.41 T to 11.75 T.

They are usually reported in terms of the corresponding resonance frequencies of protons.

The relationship is

#B_0 = "0.023 487 T/MHz""#

So, a 100.00 MHz instrument has #B_0 ="2.3487 T"#.

Other nuclei such as #""^13"C"# have different magnetic moments, so they resonate at different frequencies.

If you have a 2.3487 T (100 MHz) instrument, you will have to use a frequency of 25.14 MHz for #""^13"C"# nuclei.

Here are the corresponding frequencies for some other nuclei.

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