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A Robust Magnetic Resonance Imager For Ground and Flight Based Measurements of Fluid Physics PhenomenaNuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a powerful and versatile, noninvasive method for studying fluid transport problems, However, its applications to these types of investigations have been limited. A primary factor that limits the application of NMR has been the lack of a user-friendly, versatile, and inexpensive NMR imaging apparatus that can be used by scientists who are not familiar with sophisticated NMR. To rectify this situation, we developed a user-friendly, NMR imager for projects of relevance to the MRD science community. To that end, we performed preliminary collaborative experiments between NASA, NCMR, and New Mexico Resonance in the high field NMR set up at New Mexico Resonance to track wetting front dynamics in foams under gravity. The experiments were done in a 30 cm, 1.9T Oxford magnet with a TECMAG Libra spectrometer (Tecmag, Inc., Houston, TX). We used two different imaging strategies depending on whether the water in the foam sample was static or moving. Stationary water distributions were imaged with the standard Fourier imaging method, as used in medical MRI, in which data are acquired from all parts of the region of interest at all times and Fourier transformed into a static spatial image.
Document ID
20020039712
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Other
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Subject Category
Nuclear Physics
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC3-598
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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