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free-induction decay

1. n. []

In a nuclear magnetic resonance measurement, the decay, or relaxation, caused by dephasing in an inhomogeneous magnetic field. Since this relaxation is not related to formation properties, it is unwanted and corrected by using the CPMG pulse sequence.

See related terms: nuclear magnetic resonance