Abstract: | We found that the interaction of paramagnetic centers that have different relaxation times differs fundamentally from the interaction of centers having close relaxation times. Simulation showed that in this case there is an anomalous redistribution of the spectral-line intensity from the center to the wings with a virtually preserved distance between extremal points (super-Lorentzian shape of the line), which leads to underestimation of the total intensity recorded. The results obtained make it possible to explain a number of aspects of the radiospectroscopy of carbon materials of practical importance such as the nature of the generally accepted maximum on the curve for the dependence of the total intensity of an EPR signal on the temperature of the heat treatment of organic compounds and the degree of metamorphism of natural coals, the specific features of the effect of oxygen molecules and paramagnetic ions of metals on the EPR spectra of carbon materials, etc. Belarusian State University, 4, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220080 Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 224–229, March–April, 1998. |