Capillary Mossbauer spectroscopy

Capillary Mossbauer Spectroscopy (CMS), the study of liquid samples trapped in the pores of thirsty glass, seems to open a new field in the study of solvation phenomena. 

Normally, in liquid state, the recoil of the nucleus at the y-ray emission hampers the nuclear resonance absorption. However, Mossbauer spectra of liquids can be observed even at room temperature if the molecules of liquids are trapped in the cavities of a special porous silicate glass of a mean pore diameter of 4 nm. This type of Mhssbauer spectroscopy is called capillary Mossbauer spectroscopy (Burger and Vertes 1983). 

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