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Essential NMR for Scientists and Engineers

Description

ESSENTIAL NMR is a set of lecture notes for scientists and engineers who want to brush up on their knowledge of NMR. This book is also a compendium for graduate and postgraduate students of physics and chemistry as well as for their teachers, covering all fields of NMR, i.e. NMR methodology and hardware, chemical analysis, 2D-spectroscopy, NMR imaging, flow NMR, and quality control NMR. The material, selected and organized for a one-semester course, is presented with pairs of pages addressing particular topics. One page of each pair provides a text containing the key information, the other page shows a color illustration. This is the most comprehensive textbook on NMR to date.

The book is intended for beginning graduate students and doctoral students of Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Material Science.

Editorial Review

Students who are interested in the technical and physical foundations of NMR spectroscopy will note that these aspects are not addressed in much detail in books that are devoted to structure elucidation. The technical principles of NMR spectroscopy are often presented, but descriptions with a broader scope of application can seldom be found. Usually, the NMR instrument is treated as a “black box” that only provides results to be interpreted.

Blümich’s book bridges this gap, in that it presents the broader capabilities of NMR technology from a mathematical and physical perspective. Using a terse precision that might alarm NMR users with a traditional focus, the author presents effective diagrams and pictures to illustrate the essential points. To be sure, the concise language will please some students, since this makes it easier for these important points to be repeated. But the book’s language and mathematical treatments, which are aimed at advanced students, may present substantial obstacles to those who seek a simple explanation of the topic.

Readers who seek to learn more about NMR technology and its countless applications (ranging from spectroscopy to imaging) should take a look at this new monograph. The illustrations are masterfully done, while readers must decide individually whether the text meets their needs.