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mcl ACADEMIC rate table

 (as of 10/01/2007)

 



Staff Time

Location

Rate

Unit

Technical Staff Assistance

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

MRL, MRI, & Hosler

$37.00
per hour
Microscopy
Location
Rate

Unit

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
MRL & Hosler
$33.00
per hour
Electron Probe Microscope Analysis (EPMA)
Hosler
$50.00
per hour
Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM)
Hosler
$33.00
per hour
Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM)
Hosler
$40.00
per hour
Focused Ion Beam (FIB)
MRI
$40.00
per hour
Ion Thinner
MRI
$8.00
per hour
Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM)
MRI
$35.00
per hour
Orientation Imaging Microscopy (OIM)
MRL

$33.00

per hour
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
MRL & Hosler

$33.00

per hour
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM): JEOL 4500
MRI

$40.00

per hour
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM): JEOL 2010F
MRI
$50.00
per hour
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM): JEOL 2010 LaB6
MRI
$35.00
per hour
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM): Philips EM420T
MRI
$30.00
per hour
Surface Analysis and Thin Film
Location
Rate

Unit

Auger Electron Spectroscopy
MRI
$30.00

per hour

Optical Profilometry
MRI
$33.00
per hour
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
MRI

$30.00

per hour
Optical Spectroscopy
Location
Rate

Unit

Confocal Raman
MRI

$35.00

per hour
FTIR Micro
MRI
$30.00
per hour
UV Vis
MRL & MRI
$30.00
per hour

Structural Analysis

Location
Rate

Unit

Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)
Hosler
$20.00
per hour
X-ray Diffraction (XRD): 4-Circle
MRI
$6.00
per hour
X-ray Diffraction (XRD): Laue
MRL
$7.00
per hour
X-ray Diffraction (XRD): all others
MRL

$19.00

per hour
Property Measurement
Location
Rate

Unit

Thermo-Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA)

MRL

$35.00
per run
Thermo-Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA) Mass Spec
MRL
$70.00
per run
Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA)
MRL
$35.00
per run
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
MRL
$35.00
per run
Multi-Point BET
Hosler
$40.00
per run
Multi-Point BET
MRL
$50.00
per run
Powder (Particle Characterization)
MRL
$7.00
per run
Nanoindentation
Steidle
$10.00
per hour
Dielectric
MRL
$13.00
per hour
Chemical Analysis
Location
Rate
Unit
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
Hosler
$36.00
per hour
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Hosler
$56.00
per hour
Keck Smart Materials Integration Laboratory (SMIL)
Location
Rate
Unit
Keck Cleanroom
MRL
$10.00
per hour
Keck Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC) Lab
MRL
$12.00
per hour
Keck Profilometry
MRL
$12.00
per hour
Keck Sputtering
MRL
$35.00
per hour
Processing and Support Services
Location
Rate
Unit
Sample Prep/Polish Lab
MRL

$12.00

per hour
Sintering Furnaces
MRL
$0.70
per hour

Hot Press - rate includes staff assistance

MRL
$150.00
per run

Hot Isostatic Press (HIP) - rate includes staff assistance

MRL
$150.00
per run
Cold Isostatic Press (CIP)
MRL
$15.00
per run
Sputtering
MRL

$5.00

per run
Machine Shop
MRL
$15.00
per hour