Scope

The purpose of this site is to give the the prospective FT-NMR spectrometer user (trainee) an understanding of the basic principles which govern the pulse FT-NMR experiment and the associated basic NMR instrument parameters. A good understanding of the basic NMR parameters is of utmost importance to avoid the most common errors in an FT-NMR experiment.The trainee is strongly urged to study the information presented here well enough to be able to answer all the questions contained in the NMR Basics Test which forms the last section of this document. The second step of the checkout consists of the trainee passing the NMR Basics Test by answering all the questions correctly from memory in 30 minutes under the supervision of A Professor who will administer the test. This test can be taken any number of times until the trainee passes it in the required time.