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 |
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 |

