Reinhardt, Carsten (2004) Chemistry in a physical mode: Molecular spectroscopy and the emergence of NMR. ANNALS OF SCIENCE, 61 (1). pp. 1-32. ISSN 0003-3790, 1464-505X
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In the 1940s and 1950s, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), one of the most important analytical techniques in chemistry, grew to maturity in the intermediate research field of chemical physics. Chemists and physicists adapted the new technology to the experimental culture of molecular spectroscopy which was based on a pragmatic experimental style. In molecular spectroscopy, the purpose of experiments was the establishment of methods that suited both the physicists' quest for precision and theoretical model building and the chemists' longing for empirical data and understanding of structural formulae and reaction courses. In this process, an experimental style emerged that can be characterized as reliance on self-built instrumentation, theoretical foundation in quantum mechanics, and proof of utility in the solution of structural and dynamical questions. This article focuses on the early development of NMR at Harvard University, with particular emphasis on the contributions of the first chemist working in the field of NMR, Herbert S. Gutowsky.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE; QUANTUM-CHEMISTRY; MOMENTS; STATES; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences |
| Divisions: | Philosophy, Art History, History, and Humanities > Institut für Geschichte |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2021 10:28 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2021 10:28 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/38112 |
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