The temperature dependence of the spin-spin relaxation time and magnetisation of water in skeletal muscle

dc.contributor.advisorRorschach, Harold E.
dc.creatorFogal, James Marlin
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-18T21:15:36Z
dc.date.available2018-12-18T21:15:36Z
dc.date.issued1978
dc.description.abstractA Pulsed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) method was used in this work to study water protons in skeletal muscle. The transverse relaxation times (T2) and total magnetisation of the water protons (h()) were examined as a function of temperature in the range +1.5 C to -54 C. The following results were obtained: (1) The dependence of both T2 and h() upon temperature exhibits hysteresis; (2) T2 decreases with decreasing temperature, with a characteristic activation energy of about 9.2 kcal per mole; and (3) The fraction of "non-frozen" water remaining in a sample below its nucleation temperature decreases with decreasing temperature from 19.4% at -1.2 C to 13.5% at -47 C.
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dc.format.extent54 pp
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Phys. 1978 Fogal
dc.identifier.citationFogal, James Marlin. "The temperature dependence of the spin-spin relaxation time and magnetisation of water in skeletal muscle." (1978) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103952">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103952</a>.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/103952
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.titleThe temperature dependence of the spin-spin relaxation time and magnetisation of water in skeletal muscle
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentPhysics
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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