From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "danny burstein"  wrote in message news:105ud2q$ihb$1@reader1.panix.com...   
      
   In <105s0c2$15m9u$1@dont-email.me> "Jim Wilkins"    
   writes:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >I used that tech in an NMR machine while a chemist. The magnetic field was   
   >of similar strength, 1.4 Teslas, and would bend the blade of a knife held   
   >near it.   
      
   >NMR is Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, a name that had to be changed for   
   >medical   
   >use to avoid frightening patients.   
      
   THANK YOU for using the proper name!   
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   The choices were to change the scary word, or try to calm patients by   
   explaining an interaction between Quantum Mechanics and electromagnetic   
   field theory, notice that I didn't try here. It's still NMR to chemists who   
   understand how it works.   
      
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