39K, 40K and 41K Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies
The NMR lines of 39K and 41K have been investigated in solutions of many potassium salts in H2O, D2O, methanol and ethylenediamine and also in solid potassium halides. The NMR signal of the rare isotope 40K was detected for the first time. The ratio of the Larmor frequencies of 39K and 41K has been measured in various samples: υ(30K)/υ(41K) =1.821873 1 (9). No primary isotopic effect was to be detected within these limits of error (0.5 ppm). The concentration dependence of the chemical shift of the 39K resonance frequencies was determined. Using this dependence, the ratios of the Larmor frequencies of the nuclei 39K, 40K, and 41K for infinite dilution relative to the resonance frequency of 2H in D2O are given. The magnetic moments of the 39K+, 40K+, and 41K+ ions purely surrounded by water molecules are μ(39K+) =0.390 952 9 (24)μN, μ(40K+) = -1.296 262(9)μN , μ(41K+) =0.214 588 4 (13) μN without diamagnetic corrections. Comparison of these values with the results of atomic beam magnetic resonance experiments yields the hyperfine structure anomalies of all pairs of potassium isotopes and also the shielding of potassium nuclei by water molecules around the ions; the shielding constant is σ* (K+ in H2O vs. K atom) = - 0.000 105 2(8). For the liquid samples the relaxation times T2 and for the solid ones the relaxation times T2 and the line widths are given.