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8.4.3 SP<strong>IN</strong>-LATTICE RELAXATION TIMES<br />

The spin-lattice relaxation times of 111 Cd and 113 Cd were<br />

measured in the spinning and static samples. The results of<br />

1.65 ± 0.15 ms for 111Cd and 1.40 ± 0.10 ms for 113Cd at a room temp-<br />

erature of 298 K were independent of rotation rate as expected.<br />

The measured T1 for<br />

113Cd<br />

is considerably higher than Masuda's rep-<br />

orted room temperature value of 0.5 ms(137), but it is in better<br />

agreement with the figure of approximately 1.2 ms recorded by Dickson(138)<br />

No measurements of the 111Cd T1 have apparently been reported in the<br />

literature. However the relaxation time measured here is consist-<br />

ent with the lower gyromagnetic ratio of this isotope.<br />

It is of interest to compare the product T1K2T found by experi-<br />

ment with the theoretical value derived from the Korringa relation<br />

given by equation (2.23). In cadmium the direct contact mechanism<br />

arising from the s-type conduction electrons is assumed to dominate<br />

the Knight shift and the spin-lattice interactions. In this event<br />

the scalar R defined thus<br />

RT1KZT = 4'rk (Y 2<br />

Bn<br />

is a measure of electron enhancement of both K and l/T1. At room<br />

temperature the results of Seymour and Styles(133) indicate that the<br />

experimental Knight shift increases by about 4 ppm/°K. The temper-<br />

ature correction acts in the opposite direction to the chemical shift<br />

coxrection, so it is not unreasonable to take the Knight shift of<br />

cadmium at 298 K as 0.43% to a first approximation. Substituting<br />

our experimental values for the<br />

illCd<br />

and 113Cd relaxation times at

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