Liquid media difference signal

The colloidal state inevitably brings about difficulties for the experimentalist when separation of the disperse phase from the dispersion medium is needed. This is the case when the speciation and concentration of only the free soluble species have to be determined. Separation of the ionic solution from the small colloidal particles for conventional chemical analysis is nontrivial, although separation techniques such as ultracentrifugation, dialysis, and field-flow fractionation have been successfully used. If the soluble species of interest have an active nuclear spin, the liquid NMR technique wiU constitute an alternative and simpler way to characterize and quantify those species without being affected by the disperse phase. An exception is the case where the colloidal species gives a signal that fully overlaps the sharp resonance of the solution entity. As NMR is quantitative, the absolute concentration of the species can be estimated based on an internal reference of known concentration but different chemical shift relative to the sample signals. Alternatively, a calibration curve can be established from a set of external standard solutions (preferably the same substance found in the sample) measured under the same experimental NMR conditions as those applied to the sample. 

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