Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Felix Bloch (1905 1983)

For Students 9th - 10th
Physicist Felix Bloch developed a non-destructive technique for precisely observing and measuring the magnetic properties of nuclear particles. He called his technique "nuclear induction," but nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) soon became...
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Zeeman Effect 1896

For Students 9th - 10th
Most of us have seen the rainbow-hued breakdown of the composition of light. Light is of course a form of energy. A magnetic field changes the behavior of light- a phenomenon known as the Zeeman effect.