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Hornak, J.P., Resonance Methods, Characterization of Materials, 2nd Edition, Elton N. Kaufmann, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, United States (2012) [BibTeX]

Keywords: resonance methods mri esr nmr ss nmr cr fmr nqr

Welcome to the chapter on resonance methods in the Characterization of Materials. There are several taxonomies which can be used to classify analytical techniques used to characterize materials. They may be grouped according to the probing electromagnetic energy (gamma-ray, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, microwave, or radio frequency photons), energy level (nuclear, electronic, spin, vibrational, etc), the interaction (absorption, scattering, emission, etc) or the detection scheme (photoelectric, resonance, heat, etc), to name a few. In this chapter a simple taxonomy was adopted, the word resonance in the technique name. By this taxonomy, resonance methods in materials science cover a broad range of techniques. These methods include nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR), solid-state (SS) NMR, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), ferromagnetic resonance (FMR), Mössbauer, and cyclotron resonance (CR) spectroscopies; andmagnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This chapter showshowthese extremely useful andunique techniques can help solve problems in materials science. The concept of a probe, located centrally within a material, is common to all these resonance techniques.

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