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Ortho-para conversion for gaseous (CH3F)-C-13 is measured in mixtures
with O-2. As collision partner, O-2 is found to be 4 times less effici
ent for conversion that CH3F itself. This demonstrates that intramolec
ular rather than intermolecular magnetic interactions provide the main
pathway leading to nuclear spin conversion for such molecules. (C) 19
95 American Institute of Physics.