nuclear Overhauser effect

noun

The transfer of nuclear spin polarization from one nuclear spin population to another via cross-relaxation.

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Meanings

nounnuclear Overhauser effect (plural nuclear Overhauser effects)

plural nuclear Overhauser effects

  1. The transfer of nuclear spin polarization from one nuclear spin population to another via cross-relaxation.

Origin

Named after the American physicist Albert Overhauser.

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Translations

Finnish NOE-efekti
  • NOE-efektieffect
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APA

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