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Specifications of Bruker Avance
800 and 600 MHz NMR Spectrometers

Magnet
Description Specification for Avance 800 Specification for Avance 600
Drift of field 2.33 Hz/h 5 Hz/h
Lineshape @ 0.55%/0.11%,without lock (ns = 8,over 8 h) Hump = 13.3  Hz  / 24.7 Hz
Liquid Helium 260 liters holding for >58 days 60 liters holding for >50 days
Temperature of liquid helium 1.92-1.93  K 4.2 K
Liquid Nitrogen 230 liters holding for > 12 days 160 liters holding for >13 days

TXI probe
Experiment description Specification for Avance 800 Specification for Avance 600
Sensitivity of 1H 1879:1 or 1746:1 for CH2 group 908:1
Sensitivity of 13C    
Sensitivity of 15N    
Lineshape without rotation @ 0.55%/0.11% Hump = 6.9 Hz / 13.5 Hz 6.7 Hz / 11.7 Hz
Lineshape with rotation @ 0.55%/0.11% Hump = 5.0 Hz / 6.9 Hz, spinning sideband height = 0.4% 4.5 Hz / 7.6 Hz, Spinning sideband height = 0.1%
Resolution of 1H 0.46 Hz 0.42 Hz
Water suppression Hump = 40.8 / 80.5 Hz @ pl9 = 50 dB, Splitting = 24%, Sino = 467 92.8  / 160.3 Hz @pl9 = 54dB,Splitting = 22%, Sino = 173
1H 90 degree pulse width of high power 9us @ -3dB, 19 Watts 8us @ -1.2 dB
13C high power decoupling pulse 10.2us @ -6dB, 480 Watts 12.3 us @ -4 dB
13C low power decoupling pulse 75 us @ 13 dB 65 us @ 12 dB
15N high power decoupling pulse 30 us @ -6 dB, 480 Watts 38 us @ -2.8 dB
15N low power decoupling pulse 190 us @ 11.2 dB 200 us @ 12 dB

QXI probe
Experiment description Specification for Avance 800 Specification for Avance 600
Sensitivity of 1H 1157:1 or 1336:1 for CH2 group 943:1 or 1040:1 for CH2 group
Sensitivity of 13C 90 125 for 10% EB in CDCl3
Sensitivity of 15N 14
Sensitivity of 31P 45 92 for 0.0485 M TPP in acetone-d6
Lineshape without rotation @ 0.55%/0.11% 6.2 Hz / 10.1 Hz 5.0 Hz/11.9 Hz
Lineshape with rotation @ 0.55%/0.11% 3.7 Hz / 7.0 Hz; Spinning sideband height = 0.4%
Resolution of 1H 0.48 Hz 0.72 Hz
Water suppression Hump = 45.8 Hz / 88.7 Hz @ pl9 = 55 dB, Resolution = 23%, Sino = 305 Hump = 29.1Hz/42.6 Hz @ pl9=58 dB, Resolution=16%, Sino=202 
1H high power decoupling pulse 9.5 us @ -4  dB, 20 Watts
1H low power decoupling pulse 35 us @ 15 dB
13C high power decoupling pulse 15.2 us @ 0 dB, ? Watts
13C low power decoupling pulse 73us @ 13 dB
15N high power decoupling pulse 25us @ -5dB, 480 Watts
15N low power decoupling pulse 190 us @ 13.5 dB
31P high power decoupling pulse 25 us @ 2.3 dB, 120 Watts

 

The Sensitivity comparisons of the first FIDs of

2D and 3D experiments on Bruker Avance 800 and 600

 

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