Episode 107: The magnetic resonance probe
In 1975, the first nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer arrived at Técnico – Alameda campus. Weighing about a ton, it was necessary to cut a hole in the wall of the fourth floor of the interdisciplinary building, to access CQE’s magnetic resonance laboratory. The traffic was closed and a crane was used to move the equipment that helped several Técnico PhD students to finish their theses. The equipment allowed students to study topics associated with important developments in Chemistry, Physics, Biochemistry, Materials Science and Health (such as magnetic resonance tomography).
It was brought in one piece, by a crane, through the knocked-down wall and left dismantled into parts in 1980, with the arrival of a new piece of equipment with more power. There is only one probe left that was used to detect the signals in samples.
- Acknowledgements:
José Ascenso
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