Nuclear magnetism in pure liquids

This article is concerned with nuclear magnetic resonance effects in pure liquids which result directly or indirectly from the interactions of electrons with nuclei in diamagnetic molecules. Magnetic shielding and indirect spin-spin coupling are discussed in detail both experimentally and theoretically for steady state spectra and for transient measurements. Experimental techniques as such are not treated. The structure and behaviour of liquids is only dealt with in so far as it affects the interactions referred to above. The emphasis is placed on the description and explanation of physical effects rather than any detailed survey of their application to chemical and specifically molecular structure problems. There are some two hundred and fifty references and it is hoped that all the relevant ones have been included up to those available in London at August 1958.