Electron Paramagnetic Resonance

JOHN A. WEIL is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Saskatchewan and an active international researcher in the field of EPR and NMR spectroscopy and theory. JAMES R. BOLTON is President of Bolton Photosciences, which provides specialty consulting services for the development and operation of ultraviolet (UV) technologies. He is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta, and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Western Ontario.

• PREFACE xixACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxiii1 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE 12 MAGNETIC INTERACTION BETWEEN PARTICLES 363 ISOTROPIC HYPERFINE EFFECTS IN EPR SPECTRA 584 ZEEMAN ENERGY (g) ANISOTROPY 855 HYPERFINE (A) ANISOTROPY 1186 SYSTEMS WITH MORE THAN ONE UNPAIRED ELECTRON 1587 PARAMAGNETIC SPECIES IN THE GAS PHASE 2088 TRANSITION-GROUP IONS 2259 THE INTERPRETATION OF EPR PARAMETERS 25310 RELAXATION TIMES, LINEWIDTHS AND SPIN KINETIC PHENOMENA 30111 NONCONTINUOUS EXCITATION OF SPINS 35712 DOUBLE-RESONANCE TECHNIQUES 38513 OTHER TOPICS 414APPENDIX A MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS 422APPENDIX B QUANTUM MECHANICS OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM 455APPENDIX C THE HYDROGEN ATOM AND SELECTED RADICALS RHn 484APPENDIX D PHOTONS 505APPENDIX E INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE 512APPENDIX F EXPERIMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS 537APPENDIX G EPR-RELATED BOOKS AND SELECTED CHAPTERS 567APPENDIX H FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS, CONVERSION FACTORS, AND KEY DATA 577APPENDIX I MISCELLANEOUS GUIDELINES 588Author Index 603Subject Index 624

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