An article by Dr. John Edwards of Process NMR Associates and researchers at the Southern Regional Research Center of the US Department of Agriculture (Dr. H.N. Cheng, Lynda H. Wartelle, K. Thomas Klasson) has been accepted for publication in the Elsevier Journal Carbon. The paper entitled “Solid state NMR and ESR studies of activated carbons produced from pecan shells” is available at the following link: Carbon Paper . Process NMR Associates provided the solid-state 13C NMR, TD-NMR, and ESR spectroscopy for the analysis of the activated carbons derived from pecan shells.
Permanent Magnet Based NMR for Omega-3 Fatty Acid Analysis
We are currently developing a spinner system for the process NMR system in order to improve spectral resolution sufficiently to quantify omega-3 fatty acids in fish oils. The omega-3 fatty acid methyl group can be discerned in the 1H spectra currently produced by the spectrometer but improvement can be made with sample spinning which will improve the quantitation.
Solid-State 13C NMR of Kitchen Herbs
NMR Post-Processing Freeware
It was announced this week that the ACD NMR Processor Academic Edition is freely available for non-commercial use and can be downloaded from the ACD Website. Other Windows based NMR processing software packages are available and here is a listing of where they can be downloaded:
1) SpinWorks – written by Kirk Marat at the University of Manitoba – Download Here
2) GSim – written by Vadim Zorin Download Here
3) RNMR (Requires R Statistical Freeware Package) – Download Here – R Software can be obtained here
4) MatNMR (Requires MATLAB) – Download Here
5) Hires – Download Here
Process NMR Spectroscopy Chapter to Appear in Wiley Publication
John Edwards and Paul Giammatteo of Process NMR Associates have written a chapter “Process NMR Spectroscopy: Technology and On-Line Applications” to appear in the 2nd Edition of “Process Analytical Technology” published by Wiley and Sons and Edited by Katherine Bakeev. The book will be published in May 2010 and is available for pre-order.
