The AVANCE NMR Hardware Guide is intended to serve as introductory guides to AVANCE spectrometer hardware. It has been written primarily for operators who wish to have basic information regarding the system components and how they interact with one another. It is not intended as a service guide and will in no way equip the reader to carry out any service or repairs. However there is an ever increasing desire for users to understand the underlying hardware so they can:

  • Choose the most appropriate system for their needs.

  • Make sensible decisions regarding expanding or upgrading current systems.

  • Optimize their existing system’s performance.

At a more fundamental level there is a widely held belief that as spectrometers become more and more complex the operators have less and less of an understanding of the spectrometer hardware. This guide is intended to help reverse that trend. It is also hoped that the reader will come to appreciate some of the design issues involved in modern spectrometer systems.