Patent ID: 8013608

Claim:
A high-resolution NMR probe comprising: a sample portion placed in a normal-temperature, atmospheric-pressure region and placing a sample in a static magnetic field, said sample portion being a sample-rotating system for rotating a sample tube and sample at high speed while tilting it by a magic angle relative to the direction of the static magnetic field; a cylindrical partition wall isolated from the normal-temperature, atmospheric-pressure region and having an interior that is maintained in a vacuum; a transmit-receive coil placed within the partition wall and acting to irradiate the sample with an RF magnetic field and to receive an NMR signal emanating from the sample after the irradiation such that the NMR signal is detected as an induced electromotive force; a preamplifier placed within the partition wall and amplifying the NMR signal detected by the transmit-receive coil; a liquid transport tube placed within the partition wall and transporting liquid helium from the outside into vicinities of an NMR measurement portion; a first heat exchanger placed within the partition wall and having a liquid helium reservoir for holding the liquid helium transported by the liquid transport tube, the first heat exchanger acting to cool the transmit-receive coil by an amount of heat taken away (latent heat) when the liquid helium held in the liquid helium reservoir evaporates; a gas transport tube placed within the partition wall and returning the helium evaporated by the first heat exchanger to the outside from vicinities of the NMR measurement portion; a radiation shield placed within the partition wall, surrounding the liquid transport tube and the gas transport tube, and being disposed to block radiation heat coming from the outside; and a second heat exchanger placed within the partition wall, mounted in the gas transport tube, and cooling the radiation shield by an amount of heat taken away (latent heat) when the temperature of the evaporated helium rises.