For Academic rate users: After 25 hours of use of a given tool in a billing quarter
the rates below are reduced by 50% for that user, for that tool, for the rest of that billing quarter.
Training on any tool is charged at $20/hr for any researcher *U.S. Academic and U.S. Government users pay the internal academic rate.Shared User Tool Rates
Tool
Technique
Academic Hourly Rate*
Industrial Hourly Rate
Keyence VHX-600
3D Optical Microscopy
5
10
Bruker Icon
AFM
25
40
Hysitron TI900
Nanoindentation
20
40
Renishaw Qontor
Raman Spectroscopy
25
40
Panalytical Alpha-1 MPD
XRD
20
30
Panalytical Empyrean
XRD, SAXS
20
30
Panalytical X’Pert Pro MRD
XRD
20
45
Hitachi SU8010
SEM
20
60
Hitachi SU8230
SEM
30
70
LEO 1530
SEM
30
70
Zeiss Ultra 60
SEM
30
70
JEOL 100 CSX-II
TEM
30
70
Hitachi HT7700
TEM
40
70
Hitachi HD-2700
TEM
80
160
FEI Tecnai F30
TEM
80
160
FEI Nova Nanolab
FIB/SEM
60
135
IONTOF 5-300
ToF-SIMS
45
135
Kratos Axis Ultra
XPS
35
70
Thermo K-Alpha
XPS
35
70
Nicolet 6700
FTIR
20
50
Thermo iN10MX
FTIR
20
50
