NMR Probes

Probe Specifications


Sensitivity

Probe 1H 19F 31P13C 15N39K
I-500 HCN 673:1 636:1 --- --- --- ---
I-500 HCX 741:1 577:1 --- --- --- ---
I-500 BB --- --- 214:1 229:1 46:1 ---
I-400 4nuc+ 173:1 140:1 203:1 227:1 --- ---
I-400 5mm BB 152:1 56.8:1 108:1 128:1 5.5:1 ---
I-400 10mm BB --- --- --- --- --- 71:1
I-400 Inv 417:1 --- --- --- --- ---
Gem-300 quad 108.8:1 92:1 69:1 84:1 --- ---
VXR-400 BB 75:1 --- --- 127:1 --- ---

Special Note about 13C Sensitivity on the I500:

A spectrum collected with nt=20,000 using a sample that is 2.2 mM in 0.7 ml should give the following signal-to-noise ratios:
Sample S:N ratio
Mark Fromhold's experimental sample 10.4:1
Kim Werner's experimental sample 12.1:1
theoretical S:N from standard tests 10.6:1


Resolution

Probe 1H(spinning) 1H (non-spinning) 1H sidebands
I-500 HCN 0.39/3.53/7.97 0.62/5.57/9.13 0.88%
I-500 HCX 0.380/5.23/9.65 0.59/6.24/14.02 0.78%
I-500 BB
I-400 4nuc+ 0.27/3.22/4.91 0.29/3.23/5.15 0.38%
I-400 5mm BB 0.84/5.63/14.47 0.88/5.76/20.09 0.81%
I-400 10mm BB 3.9/88/140
I-400 Inv 0.22/2.08/4.08 0.25/4.52/8.05 0.35%
Gem-300 quad 0.192/2.40/4.65 0.67/4.20/6.98 0.51%
VXR-400 BB 0.371/4.93/8.85 0.76/10.13/16.06 0.95%

90 Degree Pulse Widths

Probe 1H 19F 31P13C 15N39K
I-500 HCN 6.2 (58) 8.1 (55) --- 12.75 (61) 39.4 (60) ---
I-500 HCX 6.6 (55) 9.5 (55) 9.2 (58) 14.9 (63) 23.3 (58) ---
I-500 BB 11.8 (51) 9.2 (58) 15.0 (51) ---
I-400 4nuc+ 10.0 (62) 9.8 (60) 10.7 (55) 9.4 (52) 13.7 (57) ---
I-400 5mm BB 23.5 (57) 26.7(55) 9.0 (51) 9.6 (51) 12.0 (57) ---
I-400 10mm BB 55(55) --- --- --- 40(63)
I-400 Inv 8.8 (55) 10.5 (55) ---
Gem-300 quad 12.1 (51) 16.7 (55) 11.8 (53) 8.8 (53) --- ---
VXR-400 BB 27.0 (59) --- --- 7.5 (61) --- ---

Pulse Width Homogeneity (Direct Detect)

Probe 1H 450/90 1H 810/90 13C 450/90 13C 810/90 15N 450/90 15N 810/90
I-500 HCN 86% 74% --- --- --- ---
I-500 HCX 82.8% 72.5% --- --- --- ---
I-500 BB 71.5% 47.3%
I-400 4nuc+ 86% 73% --- ---
I-400 5mm BB 90.5% 70.3% 86.48% 75.6%
I-400 10mm BB --- ---
I-400 Inv 90.79% 80.97% --- --- --- ---
Gem-300 quad 76.8% 64.8% 91.1% 77.8% --- ---
VXR-400 BB 73.9% 47.6% 69.1% 55.4% --- ---

Pulse Width Homogeneity (Indirect Detect)

Probe 13C 360/0 13C 720/0 15N 360/0 15N 720/0
I-500 HCN 73% 56% 83.26% 75.68%
I-500 HCX 93.91% 85.75% 75.5% 70.2%
I-400 Inv

Salt Tolerance

Probe 90PW without salt 90PW with salt sensitivity without salt sensitivity with salt
I-500 HCN 6.8 (55) 8.2 (55) 61.8:1 51.1:1
I-500 HCX 7.3 (55) 7.4 (55) 103.04 69.50
I-400 Inv

Presaturation

Probe width of residual water
I-500 HCN 44.03 Hz
I-500 HCX 59.35 Hz
I-400 Inv

PFG Recovery


PFG Recovery of I-500 HCN tri-axis probe


PFG Recovery of I-500 HCX Z-axis probe


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