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MCL ACADEMIC RATE TABLE

(APPLICABLE OVERHEAD RATES APPLY)

 

(as of 3/1/2010)

 



Staff Time

Location

Rate

Unit

Technical Staff Assistance

(hourly staff rate is in addition to instrument rates unless noted otherwise)

MSC, MRL, & Hosler

$37.00
per hour
Electrical Characterization
Location
Rate

Unit

Dielectric
MSC
$13.00
per hour
Electron & Ion Microscopy
Location
Rate

Unit

Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM)
MSC
$33.00
per hour
Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM)
MSC
$40.00
per hour
Focused Ion Beam (FIB)
MSC
$40.00
per hour
Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM)
MSC
$30.00
per hour
Orientation Imaging Microscopy (OIM)
MSC
$33.00
per hour
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
MSC & Hosler
$33.00
per hour
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM): JEOL 2010F
MSC
$50.00
per hour
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM): JEOL 2010 LaB6
MSC
$35.00
per hour
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM): Philips EM420T
MSC
$30.00
per hour
Electron Spectroscopy
Location
Rate

Unit

Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES)
MSC
$35.00
per hour
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
MSC
$35.00
per hour
Molecular & Optical Spectroscopy
Location
Rate

Unit

FTIR Micro
MSC
$30.00
per hour
UV Vis
MSC

$30.00

per hour
Confocal Raman
MSC
$30.00
per hour
Particle Analysis
Location
Rate

Unit

AutoChem 2920
MSC
$50.00
per run
BET Surface Area/Porosimeter Run
MSC
$40.00
per run
Particle Characterization
MSC
$7.00
per run
Surface Metrology
Location
Rate

Unit

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
MSC
$30.00
per hour
Nanoindentation
Steidle
$10.00
per hour
Optical Profilometry
MSC
$30.00
per hour
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM): JEOL 4500
MSC
$40.00
per hour
Thermal Analysis
Location
Rate

Unit

BET Surface Area Only
MSC
$25.00

per run

Thermo-Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA)
MSC
$35.00
per run
Thermo-Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA) Mass Spec
MSC

$70.00

per run
Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA)
MSC
$35.00
per run
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
MSC

$35.00

per run

X-Ray Scattering

Location
Rate

Unit

Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)
Hosler
$20.00
per hour
X-ray Diffraction (XRD): 4-Circle
MSC
$12.00
per hour
X-ray Diffraction (XRD): Laue
MSC
$7.00
per hour
X-ray Diffraction (XRD): all others
MSC & Hosler

$19.00

per hour
Keck Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramincs (LTCC) Lab
Location
Rate
Unit
Keck Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC) Lab
MSC
$12.00
per hour
Processing and Support Services
Location
Rate
Unit
Cold Isostatic Press (CIP)
MSC
$15.00
per run
Hot Isostatic Press (HIP)
MRL
$150.00
per run
Ion Thinner (in Sample Prep Lab)
MSC
$8.00
per hour
Machine Shop
MRL
$15.00
per hour
Sample Prep/Polish Lab
MSC
$12.00
per hour
Sintering Furnaces
MSC
$0.70
per hour
Sputtering
MSC

$5.00

per run