The AV-500 is the original 500 MHz instrument in the Department (originally a WM-500), dating from 1981 (as a Bruker WM console). Its console has recently been replaced with a new Bruker Avance console.

• Oxford 11.7 T superconducting magnet
• 3 channel operation, with one channel being fixed at ¹H.
• BOSS-2 28 channel shim system.
• Probes :
• ¹H-X BBO z-gradient 5 mm
• ¹⁹F-¹H - ¹³C BBO z-gradient 5 mm