Dynamical in situ nuclear-magnetic-resonance tensile apparatus

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Abstract
A combination of a servohydraulic tensile machine and NMR pulse spectrometer is described enabling nuclear-spin relaxation rates to be recorded simultaneously with stress-strain data incorporating tension as well as compression of nonmetallic as well as of metallic samples. The data of the mechanical system are as follows: Maximum load: 5000 N; minimum deformation speed: 10 μm s−1, maximum deformation speed: 3×105 μm s−1; deformation stroke: digitally controlled between 1 and 8×103 μm; bandwidth: dc to 1 kHz; resolution: 2–4 μm; temperature conditions of the sample: from 80 to 570 K. The operation and performance of the system is described by means of experiments observing nuclear-spin relaxation rates which are induced by the movement of dislocations due to the finite deformation rate of the sample.