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
Instrument Group 1
Bruker Icon
AFM
20
30
Nicolet 6700
FTIR
20
30
Thermo iN10MX
FTIR
20
30
Keyence VHX-600
3D Optical Microscopy
20
30
Hysitron TI900
Nanoindentation
20
30
Renishaw Qontor (Vis-NIR)
Raman Spectroscopy
20
30
Renishaw In-Via (UV-IR)
Raman Spectroscopy
20
30
Hitachi SU8010
SEM
20
30
LEO 1530
SEM
20
30
Panalytical Alpha-1 MPD
XRD
20
30
Panalytical Empyrean
XRD, SAXS
20
30
Panalytical X’Pert Pro MRD
XRD
20
30
Instrument Group 2
Hitachi SU8230
SEM
36
60
Zeiss Ultra 60
SEM
36
60
JEOL 100 CSX-II
TEM
36
60
Hitachi HT7700
TEM
36
60
Kratos Axis Ultra
XPS
36
60
Thermo K-Alpha
XPS
36
60
Instrument Group 3
Hitachi HD-2700
TEM
76
150
FEI Tecnai F30
TEM
76
150
Thermo Helios 5CX
FIB/SEM
76
150
IONTOF 5-300
ToF-SIMS
76
150
MCF staff time is billed at $75/hr for any remote work (does not apply to training sessions).