Pulse NMR in solids: chemical shift, lead fluoride, and thorium hydride

The fluorine chemical shift of a single crystal CaF2 was measured up to 4 kilobar at room temperature using multiple pulse NMR. The pressure dependence of the shift is found to be --1.7 +- 1 ppM/kbar, while an overlap model predicts a shift of --0.46 ppM/kbar.The chemical shift tensor is separated into ''geometrical'' and ''chemical'' contributions, and comparison of the proposed model calculations with recent data on hydroxyl proton chemical shift tensors shows that the geometrical portion accounts for the qualitative features of the measured tensors. A study of fluoride ion motion in β-PbF2 doped with NaF was conducted by measurement of the 19F transverse relaxation time (T2), spin lattice relaxation time (T1) and the spin lattice relaxation time in the rotating frame (T/sub 1r). Two samples of Th4H15, prepared under different conditions but both having the proper ratio of H/Th (to within 1 percent), were studied. The structure of the Th4H15 suggested by x-ray measurements is confirmed through a moment analysis of the rigid lattice line shape