Looking for high-performance Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in a compact, accessible format? The Bruker Fourier 80 delivers powerful analytical capabilities without the cost, infrastructure requirements, or complexity traditionally associated with NMR.
Designed for quality control laboratories, research institutions, product development teams, and industrial users, the Fourier 80 combines high-quality spectroscopy with intuitive software, automated workflows, and a cryogen-free permanent magnet. From food and beverage testing to pharmaceutical quality control, polymer characterization, reaction monitoring, and ingredient authentication, the Fourier 80 brings advanced molecular analysis directly to the bench.
Minimal Maintenance - Cryogen-free operation reduces maintenance requirements and operating costs. The digital external lock eliminates the need for deuterated solvents in many applications.
Compact and Quiet - With a footprint of approximately 50 x 70 x 60 cm and no external cooling fans, the Fourier 80 easily fits into laboratories, offices, and educational environments.
Powerful and User-Friendly Software Ecosystem - Operate the instrument through intuitive GoScan software for routine analysis or leverage the full capabilities of TopSpin and ACP 2.0 for advanced workflows, automation, and quantitative analysis.
Build Your Own Automated Workflows - Using Advanced Chemical Profiling (ACP) 2.0, laboratories can build custom spectral databases and automated workflows for authentication, quantification, quality control, and product development. ACP enables users to create standardized sample-to-report workflows tailored to their own products, compounds, and analytical requirements.
Fast, Reliable Results - Acquire high-quality NMR spectra within minutes for rapid decision-making in quality control, product development, and research applications.
Regulatory-Ready Workflows - Support GMP environments and 21 CFR Part 11 compliance requirements through Bruker GxP readiness solutions.
Scalable Automation - Expand throughput using PAL sample changers and automated ACP workflows capable of handling routine analysis from sample submission through final reporting.
Flexible Multinuclear Capability - Available configurations include 1H, 1H/13C, 1H/13C/19F, and 1H/X with 15 software selectable X-Nuclei (2H, 7Li, 11B, 13C, 15N, 19F, 23Na, 27Al, 29Si, 31P, 51V, 77Se, 79Br, 119Sn, and 129Xe), allowing the system to adapt to a broad range of analytical challenges.
Ensuring authenticity, quality, and consistency is critical across the food, beverage, ingredient, and nutraceutical industries. The Fourier 80 provides rapid molecular fingerprinting and quantitative analysis with minimal sample preparation, enabling laboratories to identify compounds, detect adulteration, and automate routine quality-control workflows.
Ingredient Authentication and Adulteration Detection
Verify ingredient identity, confirm authenticity, detect adulteration, and evaluate purity in dietary supplements, botanical extracts, herbal ingredients, amino acid products, edible oils, essential oils, flavor ingredients, and nutraceutical products. With ACP 2.0, laboratories can develop customized spectral databases and automated authentication workflows.
Beverage Analysis and Fermentation Monitoring
Quantify alcohols, sugars, organic acids, caffeine, sweeteners, and flavor compounds while monitoring fermentation processes through changes in ethanol, glucose, lactic acid, acetic acid, succinic acid, and other metabolites. Applications include alcoholic beverages, dairy beverages, coffee, energy drinks, and fermentation research.
Dairy and Food Ingredient Characterization
Differentiate lactose-free and conventional dairy products, quantify fat and sugar content, evaluate plant-based alternatives, and characterize phospholipids in whey-derived ingredients, dairy ingredients, protein products, and specialty food formulations.
Food Quality Control and Product Consistency
Monitor product composition, verify ingredient consistency, identify contaminants, and support routine quality-control testing across raw materials and finished products.
Custom Quantitative NMR Workflows with ACP 2.0
Develop application-specific databases and automated methods for identification, authentication, quantification, and pass/fail testing tailored to your products, ingredients, and quality requirements.
The Fourier 80 supports analytical workflows far beyond food and beverage testing. Key applications include:
Reaction Monitoring and Process Chemistry - Monitor reaction progress in real time, evaluate reaction kinetics, identify reaction intermediates, and support process optimization efforts.
Polymer Characterization - Analyze polymer composition, copolymer ratios, phase transitions, and molecular characteristics to support quality control and materials research.
Pharmaceutical Quality Control - Perform raw material verification, active ingredient quantification, impurity detection, and automated quality-control testing with robust sample-to-report workflows.
Forensic Analysis - Identify and quantify unknown substances using automated spectral databases and standardized reporting workflows.
Academic Research and Education - Make advanced NMR spectroscopy accessible for teaching laboratories and research facilities while maintaining compatibility with industry-standard workflows.
Who can benefit from the Fourier 80?
The Fourier 80 is designed for food scientists, chemists, quality control laboratories, pharmaceutical manufacturers, academic researchers, forensic scientists, and industrial process development teams.
What makes the Fourier 80 different from traditional NMR systems?
Unlike conventional high-field NMR systems, the Fourier 80 uses a cryogen-free permanent magnet, requires minimal infrastructure, occupies a small footprint, and provides easy-to-use software while still delivering high-quality analytical results.
Can non-NMR experts use the Fourier 80?
Yes. GoScan provides a streamlined user experience with predefined experiments and automated workflows, while ACP 2.0 enables push-button sample-to-report operation for routine applications.
What is ACP 2.0?
Advanced Chemical Profiling (ACP) 2.0 is Bruker's next-generation workflow automation platform for quantitative NMR. Users can create databases, automate data processing, identify compounds, quantify analytes, establish pass/fail criteria, and generate standardized reports.
Can I create my own authentication database?
Yes. ACP 2.0 allows laboratories to build custom spectral databases and quantitative methods for their own products, ingredients, and quality-control applications.
Is the Fourier 80 suitable for quality control environments?
Yes. The Fourier 80 supports automated workflows, audit-ready reporting, GxP readiness solutions, and compliance-focused implementations suitable for regulated QC environments.
Is sample preparation complicated?
For many applications, sample preparation is minimal. Numerous workflows involve simply transferring the sample into an NMR tube before measurement.
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