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Timothy Hasiuk1, Kenneth R Jeffrey
1Department of Physics, Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute, University of Guelph, MacNaughton Building, Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1.
Abstract:
In anticipation of using fluctuations in the nuclear dipolar and quadrupolar interaction as a probe of lithium ion motion in lithium borate glasses, the static values of these interactions were measured using a variety of echo techniques. The static quadrupolar echo spectrum of (7)Li and a calculation of the dipolar interaction in crystalline Li(2)B(4)O(7) (same chemical composition as the glass under study) were used to estimate the strength of the two interactions. These indicate that the dipolar and quadrupolar interactions for (6)Li will be of similar size and the dipolar interaction will be dominated by the unlike spin interaction between the (6)Li and the (10)B, (11)B spins. An appropriate theoretical model is proposed and explicit expressions for the echo amplitude are calculated in terms of the dipolar and quadrupolar second moments. This single spin model takes into account the quadrupolar interaction but treats the dipolar interaction as an effective magnetic field. Experimental results are presented which show the essential validity of the model and measurements lead to reasonable values for the dipolar and quadrupolar second moments. The relative merits of the various echo techniques are discussed.
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