CHEM: Help me understand.

[10195767R]

Hey,

I understand that for anything we do in year 11 or 12 we don't need to know about nuclei spin in great detail, but i'm the kind of student who benefits greatly from a real, solid, in depth knowledge of the topics, so if anyone could please explain nuclei spin to me, that would just be superb 


  cheers

[thushan]

Hey,

I understand that for anything we do in year 11 or 12 we don't need to know about nuclei spin in great detail, but i'm the kind of student who benefits greatly from a real, solid, in depth knowledge of the topics, so if anyone could please explain nuclei spin to me, that would just be superb 


  cheers

Have a read of http://www.chemguide.co.uk (go to 'Instrumental Analysis' then "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance"). Gives an AWESOME explanation of it.

[10195767R]

That's really helpful! Thanks so much! 
If anyone finds any more resources they'd like to share, i'm still open to receive as many explanations as you can throw at me

[Mao]

Here is a good introductory guide into what spin actually is.

http://www.markusehrenfried.de/science/physics/hermes/whatisspin.html

This is all physics by the way. When you boil down chemistry, what you get is very very complex physics happening on a huge scale. You don't have to understand it, but to appreciate that it is a very basic quantum quantity that doesn't really have too much effect on the large scale, and no direct physical interpretation.



And this: http://www.electronspin.org/electron.pdf
Save this for in 4 years time, after you have completed a degree in science hoping that someone will teach you about the workings of the universe, and realise at the end of your degree that no one explained this to you, and you must find things out yourself.