Gas sorption environments in poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) by xenon-129 nuclear magnetic resonance: Effects of processing

2002 ◽  
Vol 40 (18) ◽  
pp. 1965-1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingzi Wang ◽  
Paul T. Inglefield ◽  
Alan A. Jones
Geophysics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. WB33-WB48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denys Grombacher ◽  
Mike Müller-Petke ◽  
Rosemary Knight

To produce reliable estimates of aquifer properties using surface nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), an accurate forward model is required. The standard surface NMR forward model assumes that excitation occurs through a process called on-resonance excitation, which occurs when the transmit frequency is set to the Larmor frequency. However, this condition is often difficult to satisfy in practice due to the challenge of accurately determining the Larmor frequency within the entire volume of investigation. As such, in situations where an undesired offset is present between the assumed and true Larmor frequency, the accuracy of the forward model is degraded. This is because the undesired offset leads to a condition called off-resonance excitation, which impacts the signal amplitude, phase, and spatial distribution in the subsurface, subsequently reducing the accuracy of surface NMR estimated aquifer properties. Our aim was to reduce the impact of an undesired offset between the assumed and true Larmor frequency to ensure an accurate forward model in the presence of an uncertain Larmor frequency estimate. We have developed a methodology where data are collected using two different transmit frequencies, each an equal magnitude above and below the assumed Larmor frequency. These data are combined, through a method we refer to as frequency cycling, in a manner that allow the component well-described by our estimate of the Larmor frequency to be stacked coherently, whereas the component related to the presence of an undesired offset is combined destructively. In synthetic and field studies, we have determined that frequency cycling is able to mitigate the influence of an undesired offset providing more accurate estimates of aquifer properties. Furthermore, the frequency-cycling method stabilized the complex inversion of surface NMR data, allowing advantages associated with complex inversion to be exploited.


1963 ◽  
Vol 85 (20) ◽  
pp. 3146-3156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Taft ◽  
Elton. Price ◽  
Irwin R. Fox ◽  
Irwin C. Lewis ◽  
K. K. Andersen ◽  
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Geophysics ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. G1-G12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan O. Walbrecker ◽  
Marian Hertrich ◽  
Alan G. Green

Surface nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a noninvasive geophysical tool used to investigate groundwater reservoirs. The relevant physical process in surface NMR is the nuclear spin of hydrogen protons in liquid water. Standard single-pulse surface NMR experiments provide estimates of water content in the shallow subsurface. Under favorable conditions, pore-structure and even hydraulic-conductivity information can be extracted from double-pulse surface NMR data. One crucial issue in surface NMR experiments is the resonance condition: the frequency of the excitation field should closely match the Larmor frequency of the protons, which is controlled by the local magnitude of the earth’s magnetic field. Although the earth’s field can be measured accurately by an on-site magnetometer, several effects impede perfect matching of the frequencies. These include temporal variations of the earth’s field, instrumental imperfections, and the magnetic susceptibility of the underlying rocks. We assess the impact of violating the resonance condition on surface NMR experiments. Our investigation involves numerical simulations and measurements using a sample-scale earth-field NMR device and a surface NMR acquisition system. For frequency offsets up to 5 Hz, we find that relatively standard single-pulse surface NMR recording procedures are likely to produce reliable water-content estimates as long as the pulse moments are small to moderate or the aquifer is relatively deep. If strong pulse moments are required or shallow aquifers are probed, off-resonance conditions can lead to anomalous increases in recorded amplitudes that can be mistakenly interpreted in terms of deepwater occurrences. Double-pulse surface NMR experiments are particularly sensitive to off-resonance effects, such that the results may be highly biased even for the small-frequency offsets commonly encountered in field situations.


2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (17) ◽  
pp. 4430-4434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Rittig ◽  
David J. Aurentz ◽  
Charles G. Coe ◽  
Ronald J. Kitzhoffer ◽  
John M. Zielinski

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