NMR Sensitivity
signal (s) % g4Bo2NB1g(u)/T
Na / Nb = e DE / kT
DE = g h Bo / 2p
DE


Bo
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1H is ~ 64x as sensitive as 13C and 1000x as sensitive as 15N !
Consider that the natural abundance of 13C is 1.1% and 15N is 0.37%
relative sensitivity increases to ~6,400x and ~2.7x105x !!