Elevate the analytical capabilities and enhance the curriculum with a high-performance NMR in a compact, user-friendly benchtop system. This tool is designed to help the user overcome challenges and remove barriers to scientific discovery.
Highlights
Cryogen-free
The Fourier 80 can be installed directly on a bench or in a fume hood without requiring new infrastructure, which allows for easy maintenance and a minimal cost of ownership.
Flexibility
The Fourier 80 features an adjustable temperature range, allowing samples to be measured from 25 °C up to 60 °C.
80 MHz
The Fourier 80 has been engineered for superior data quality and stability at 80 MHz, delivering excellent lineshape, resolution, and sensitivity.
Precision
Designed for complex molecular structure analysis, the system mimics the resolution of high-field NMR.
The Fourier 80 'Multi-Talent' is a versatile, groundbreaking benchtop FT-NMR spectrometer. It offers unmatched flexibility by enabling measurements and decoupling for 1H and 15 different X-nuclei.
With its push-button operation and user-friendly interface, the system automates data interpretation and simplifies complex tasks, boosting research efficiency for both novice and experienced users.
Ideal for academic, pharmaceutical, and battery research, this innovative system eliminates the need for NMR probe tuning, offloading the workload from high-field systems using the same TopSpin workflows.

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Versatility, flexibility, and precision
The Fourier 80 Benchtop NMR spectrometer is a compact, user-friendly, and sophisticated solution designed to accelerate discovery across various fields. It enhances academic research and NMR education, transforms pharmaceutical development, streamlines industrial processes, and improves the accurate detection of new psychoactive substances in forensic drug testing.
The Fourier 80 features intuitive software that streamlines the process of acquiring high-quality data, allowing researchers to focus on their work without extensive training. Its flexibility enables it to fit seamlessly into any lab setting, from a benchtop to a dedicated NMR facility, boosting efficiency and productivity.
With its robust technical specifications, including multiple nuclei options and automation capabilities, the Fourier 80 offers cutting-edge technology without the need for extensive resources. This combination of ease of use, flexibility, and precision makes it an indispensable tool for advancing discoveries in life and material science.
Fourier 80 benefits
- Reduces errors and maximizes efficiency
- Enables optimized synthesis and process control directly at the bench
- Compact footprint tailored for routine laboratory use
- Leverages Bruker high-field system workflows on the benchtop
- Easy maintenance with minimal cost of ownership
- Performs complex molecular analyses with ease
- Delivers higher sample throughput for greater productivity
- Automates data interpretation to save time
- Supports a broad range of applications across disciplines
Technical features
- Push-button operation
- 80-MHz high-performance, cryogen-free permanent magnet
- GoScan software offers pre-defined, dedicated workflows
- Superior spectral quality for precise results
- Pulsed field gradient
- Online reaction monitoring with patented temperature-controlled transfer lines and controlled reaction path
- Automation for up to 132 samples
- Adjustable sample temperature (25–60 °C) while maintaining constant magnet temperature
- Full flexibility with the use of TopSpin software

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Fourier 80 – The trusted NMR spectrometer for every lab
The Fourier 80 benchtop NMR spectrometer is a versatile, compact, and cost-efficient instrument designed for many professionals. It enhances academic research and NMR education, transforms pharmaceutical development, streamlines industrial processes, and improves the detection of new psychoactive substances in forensic testing.
With its ability to provide high-quality data, intuitive software, and automation capabilities, the Fourier 80 is a reliable asset for scientists and professionals across multiple disciplines.
Academic researcher labs: From push-button ease to customization
The Fourier 80 benchtop NMR spectrometer is designed to empower academic researchers with its compact, cost-efficient, and user-friendly features. It delivers high-quality NMR data for all researchers, regardless of their prior expertise, and offers full flexibility with customizable pulse sequences and advanced software integration. Ideal for structure verification and molecular analysis, the Fourier 80 is an invaluable tool for enhancing academic research.

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Teaching labs: Hands-on NMR education
The Fourier 80 benchtop NMR is enhancing educational curricula in chemistry and physics by integrating practical applications and providing students with hands-on experience. The system's intuitive software delivers fast results with a single click, allowing students to better understand NMR spectroscopy. The comprehensive software also minimizes the risk of instrument damage, while helping to equip the next generation of scientists with essential NMR skills.

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Pharmaceutical industry: Enhanced research and quality control
The Fourier 80 benchtop NMR spectrometer provides comprehensive structural analysis for routine synthesis control and quality assessment. It enables the rapid screening of reagents and raw materials, helping to prevent costly synthesis failures. With full automation and minimal maintenance, the system integrates seamlessly into QC laboratories, boosting productivity and ensuring compliance with GMP standards.

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Reaction monitoring: Complete solution for process control
The Fourier PAT benchtop NMR spectrometer is a complete solution for real-time process monitoring and control. It reduces costs and risks by offering quantitative, calibration-free NMR technology. This system seamlessly integrates into digital lab environments, allowing for the identification and quantification of reaction components. It also enables simultaneous data acquisition and visualization from multiple instruments, such as NMR, IR, and Raman.

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Chemical industry: Production efficiency and innovation
The Fourier 80 benchtop NMR spectrometer is a compact, cost-efficient, and user-friendly instrument that fits on a regular lab bench without the need for special infrastructure. It provides high-quality data for essential tasks like structure verification, reaction monitoring, and process control, helping chemists optimize synthesis and ensure product quality. With its intuitive software that simplifies data acquisition and interpretation, the Fourier 80 enhances productivity and efficiency in chemical research and development.

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Drug testing and toxicology: Redefining forensic drug testing
The Fourier 80 benchtop NMR spectrometer is revolutionizing forensic drug testing by offering rapid, automated identification and quantification of new psychoactive substances (NPS). Its compact design and ability to deliver conclusive, reference-free results in minutes enhance the efficiency of forensic investigations, making it ideal for crime labs and border control authorities. Explore how the Fourier 80 can elevate forensic drug testing.

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Applications
The Fourier 80 is a versatile NMR spectrometer designed to enhance a broad spectrum of applications. It delivers precise and reliable results for tasks such as verifying molecular structures, optimizing chemical processes, and conducting forensic analysis. The instrument supports academic research, industrial quality control, and hands-on training in educational institutions, making high-field NMR system workflows and automation accessible on the benchtop.
Specifications
Operating frequency
Operating Frequency: 80 MHz (1H) (Corresponds to 1.88 Tesla)
Nuclei selection
The High Performer: 1H-only system with 1H sensitivity of ≥ 240:1 or ≥ 220:1 when pulsed field gradient (PFG) incl. (1 % ethyl benzene)
The Workhorse: 1H/13C system with 1H sensitivity of ≥ 180:1 or ≥ 160:1 when PFG incl. (1 % ethyl benzene)
TripleXpert: 1H/13C|19F system with sensitivity optimized for the X-channel, PFG incl.; sensitivity:
1H: ≥ 110:1 (1 % ethyl benzene)
19F: ≥ 110:1 (0.5 % TFT in CDCl3)
The Multi-Talent: 1H/X system with X being any of the 15 software-selectable X-nuclei (²H, ⁷Li, ¹¹B, ¹³C, ¹⁵N, ¹⁹F, ²³Na, ²⁷Al, ²⁹Si, ³¹P, ⁵¹V, ⁷⁵Se, ⁷⁹Br, ¹¹⁹Sn, ¹²⁹Xe), and sensitivity optimized for X-channel, PFG incl.; sensitivity:
1H ≥ 100:1 (1 % ethyl benzene)
19F ≥ 90:1 (0.5 % TFT in CDCl3)
31P ≥ 130:1 (0.485M TPP in Acetone-d6)
29Si ≥ 25:1 (100 % HMDSO)
Further technical specifications
- Automation: PAL RSI sample changer; up to 120 samples + 12 reference samples
- 1H Resolution (@ 50/0.55/ 0.11 % signal height)
- Standard: ≤ 0.4/ 15/ 30 Hz
- HD-Option: ≤ 0.3/ 10/ 15 Hz
- Dimensions: ~50 cm x 70 cm x 60 cm (Height x Width x Depth)
- Digital Lock: External, no deuterated solvents needed
- Gradient Strength ≥ 0.25 T/m (25 G/cm)
- Weight: ~94 kg
- Adjustable temperature of 25 °C – 60 °C*
- Sample Tubes:
- Standard 5 mm O.D., 7’’-long NMR tubes
- Flame-sealed tubes possible
- J-Young tubes possible, but only in manual mode (not compatible with sample changer)
Lab infrastructure needed
- When using the adjustable temperature feature, the incoming supply gas temperature must be at least 5 °C lower than the target temperature
- Laboratory temperature: 18–28 °C; for measurements at sample temperatures above 40 °C: 18–25 °C
- No liquid nitrogen or helium required
- No additional venting required
- No water cooling required
- Power consumption typically <300 W
- Power: 100 – 240 V, 50 – 60 Hz
- Adjustable sample temperature needs compressed air or nitrogen at 5 bar max
Software and related products
TopSpin
Bruker’s TopSpin is a software package designed for the acquisition, processing, and analysis of NMR spectra and data.

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GoScan
This push-button NMR software solution guides users through easy-to-use dedicated workflows, simplifying complex tasks.

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Advanced chemical profiling
For recurring tasks like formulation screening in the chemical manufacturing industry, Bruker’s new Avance Chemical Profiling Modules simplify crucial steps such as data processing, interpretation, and automatic report generation.

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GxP NMR
This GxP NMR enabling kit features new software tools specifically designed to ensure state-of-the-art data integrity and compliance with 21 CFR Part 11 principles.

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Synthesis and benchtop online NMR with Fourier Rxn Lite Synthesis
Build the synthesis processes using real-time NMR analysis with Bruker's Fourier Rxn Lite Synthesis. This solution offers unparalleled precision and efficiency, enabling the user to streamline workflows and achieve faster, more accurate results.

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InsightMR for high-field
Monitor reactions, deepen process understanding, and build confidence in transferring workflows from lab to plant.

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Fourier 80 Multi-Talent: Benchtop NMR for protons and 15 X-nuclei analysis
The Fourier 80 Multi-Talent is the only benchtop NMR spectrometer offering unmatched versatility—measuring both protons and 15 X-nuclei—to enhance their research productivity and precision.

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