NMR fingerprinting (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

NMR fingerprinting

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An illustration of the chemical fingerprinting process at work on a common pesticide. Each peak in the graph indicates a different combination of carbon isotopes bonded to fluorine, as measured by the NMR instrument. The pattern gives the molecule its fingerprint.

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Cornelia Rasmussen/Jackson School of Geosciences/University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.

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