For Academic rate users: After 24 hours of use of a given tool in a billing quarter, the Group 1 – 3 rates
below are reduced by 50% for that user, for that tool, for the rest of that billing quarter.
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| Instrument Group 1 | ||||
| Tool | Technique | US Acad. / Govt. Rate* | Industry & Non-US Acad. Rate | Addl. notes |
| Agilent G200 | Nanoindentation | $22/hr | $44/hr | |
| Bruker TI-980 | Nanoindentation | “ | “ | |
| Bruker Icon | AFM | “ | “ | |
| Bruker Tornado | XRF | “ | “ | |
| Nicolet 6700 | FTIR | “ | “ | |
| Thermo iN10MX | FTIR | “ | “ | |
| Keyence VHX-600 & -7000 | 3D Optical Microscopy | “ | “ | |
| Hysitron TI-900 | Nanoindentation | “ | “ | |
| Renishaw Qontor (Vis-NIR) | Raman Spectroscopy | “ | “ | |
| Renishaw In-Via (UV-IR) | Raman Spectroscopy | “ | “ | |
| Hitachi SU8010 | SEM | “ | “ | |
| LEO 1530 | SEM | “ | “ | EDS |
| Panalytical Alpha-1 MPD | XRD | “ | “ | |
| Panalytical Empyrean | XRD, SAXS | “ | “ | |
| Panalytical X’Pert Pro MRD | XRD | “ | “ | |
| Rigaku Miniflex powder XRD | XRD | “ | “ | |
| Instrument Group 2 | ||||
| Tool | Technique | US Acad. / Govt. Rate* | Industry & Non-US Acad. Rate | |
| Bruker Icon-IR | AFM-IR | $44/hr | $75/hr | |
| Hitachi SU8230 | SEM | “ | “ | EDS |
| TESCAN Mira | SEM | “ | “ | EBSD |
| Zeiss Ultra 60 | SEM | “ | “ | CL, EDS |
| JEOL 100 CSX-II | TEM | “ | “ | |
| Hitachi HT7700 | TEM | “ | “ | |
| Kratos Axis Ultra | XPS | “ | “ | |
| Thermo NEXSA | XPS | “ | “ | |
| Thermo K-Alpha | XPS | “ | “ | |
| Instrument Group 3 | ||||
| Tool | Technique | US Acad. / Govt. Rate* | Industry & Non-US Acad. Rate | |
| Hitachi HD-2700 | TEM | $88/hr | $176/hr | EDS |
| FEI Tecnai F30 | TEM | “ | “ | EDS |
| Thermo Helios 5CX | FIB/SEM | “ | “ | EDS |
| IONTOF 5-300 | ToF-SIMS | “ | “ | |
| Long-Run Instrument Group** | ||||
| Tool | Technique | Rate T_use < 12hr | Rate: 12 hrs < T_use < 60 hrs | Rate: T_use > 60 hrs |
| Rigaku Smartlab SE | XRD | $36/hr | $12/hr | $4/hr |
| Rigaku Smartlab XE | XRD | “ | “ | “ |
| Thermo iCAP – RQ | ICP-MS | “ | “ | “ |
| Thermo Neoma | MC ICP-MS | “ | “ | “ |
| Zwick-Roell ZHU 2.5 | Microindenter | “ | “ | “ |
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Training on any tool is charged at $22/hr for any researcher
MCF staff time is billed at $75/hr for any remote work (does not apply to training sessions).
*U.S. Academic and U.S. Government users pay the internal academic rate.
**Rates for long-run group reset after each use instead of with cumulative usage time for billing quarter