Researched
NMR Spectroscopy
Bloch and Purcell detect nuclear magnetic resonance (1946): radio waves reveal how molecules are built.
Open in the interactive tree →Atomic nuclei in a magnetic field absorb radio frequencies that depend on their chemical surroundings (Nobel Prize 1952). NMR became the standard tool for finding molecular structures and, as MRI, for imaging the body.
Prerequisites
- Spectroscopy1859
- Quantum Mechanics1925
Unlocks
- CT and MRI scanning1971MRI is nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of the body