Patent ID: 7482810

Claim:
A sample tube for use with the magic angle high-speed rotation method, used in a solid nuclear magnetic resonance device probe, said sample tube comprising: (1) a capillary part having two ends for holding a sample, (2) a pair of non-capillary parts, one of said non-capillary parts being situated at one end of the capillary part and the other of said non-capillary parts being situated at the other end of said capillary part, (3) at least one of said non-capillary parts being removably attached onto one of said ends of said capillary part, (4) said capillary part and non-capillary parts both being made of a ceramic or polymeric material, (5) a detachable spinner inserted into one of said capillary parts, and (6) said capillary part having an outer diameter which is smaller than the outer diameter of said non-capillary parts.