Transverse NMR relaxation of water in wood
β Scribed by M. T. Riggin; A. R. Sharp; R. Kaiser; M. H. Schneider
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 474 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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β¦ Synopsis
The transverse NMR relaxation times of hydrogen nuclei of water absorbed in white spruce sapwood [Picea glauca (Meunch) Voss] were measured for moisture contents in the range from 5 to 176%.
The spin echo amplitudes resulting from the Carr-Purcell sequence decay nonexponentially suggesting the possibility of a t least two different relaxation times for water in wood. A simplified structural model of the wood-water mixture is used to estimate the rates of chemical exchange at room temperature of hydrogen nuclei between various sites in the system. The high-resolution NMR line shape is discussed briefly in terms of this proposed model.
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