THE LAUNCH of the AffirmoEX electron magnetic resonance (EMR) system will regenerate the teaching of EMR in universities and colleges, says Oxford Instruments.
AffirmoEX spectrometer from Oxford Instruments, a teaching tool for EMR
The company has developed and customised this compact benchtop spectrometer, and is introducing it along with a comprehensive package of undergraduate teaching materials to make it easy to incorporate both theoretical and practical aspects of the technique into the undergraduate curriculum.
Electron Magnetic Resonance (EMR) is also known as Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) or Electron Spin Resonance (ESR). This valuable but often neglected technique is the only method that directly measures unpaired electrons.
This key chemical moiety can be important in studies such as free radical research, oxidation, transition metal oxidation states, catalysis, reaction mechanism elucidation, and reaction kinetics.