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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Thomas M. Barbara, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas DE Swiet, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas M. Barbara, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas de Swiet, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Varian, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The NMR device with a magnet utilizes a composition exhibiting a desired value of magnetic susceptibility, wherein the composition comprises a metal ion selected from the group consisting of Gd, Feand Mnand an amorphous material using a ligand or chelating agent to solubilize the metal ion throughout the amorphous material, wherein the magnetic susceptibility of the composition exhibits a desired value at cryogenic temperatures such as nearly zero susceptibility at temperatures at or below 77 K.