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Rates
Rates
As of 2018:
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
- Internal users: $31.87/hr**
- Basic user training $168.80/person
Powder X-ray Diffractometer (XRD)
- Internal users: $12.66/hr
- Basic user training $65.19/person
Single crystal X-ray Diffractometer (Rigaku XRD)
- Internal users: No hourly fee
- Contact the instrument manager for the terms of use and instrument training.
X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (Rigaku Nex CG)
- Internal users: No hourly fee
- Basic user training $52.53/person
Ion Chromatogram (IC)
- Internal users: No hourly fee
- Contact the instrument manager for the terms of use and instrument training.
Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
- Internal users: No hourly fee for academic use (without involving business entities). Note that the user's PI/department will be asked to contribute to the costshare of future repairs.
- Business-related use including consulting work by UMD researchers: External rate applies. Contact the instrument manager (mbaek@d.umn.edu).
IVIS
- Internal users: No hourly fee for academic use. Note that the user's PI/department will be asked to contribute to the costshare of future repairs.
- Contact the instrument manager for the external rate.
Carbon Coater & Gold Coater
- Internal user fee: No hourly fee as long as trained users operate the equipment and RIL's SEM is used for imaging.
- Basic user training $52.53/session (Up to 2 new users can be trained per session for gold coater, and up to 1 new user can be trained per session for carbon coater.)
- Carbon coating / Gold coating assistance by the RIL manager $13.13/batch (Possible to prepare multiple samples per batch.)
Critical Point Dryer
- Internal user fee: No hourly fee as long as trained users operate the equipment and RIL's SEM is used for imaging.
- Basic user training $52.53/person.
- Critical point dryer assistance by the RIL manager $52.53/batch (Possible to prepare multiple samples per batch.)
Staff Assistance
For sample preparation, instrument set-up, sample analysis and report generation by the RIL manager.
- Internal users: $52.53/hr
** A discount may apply for SEM users who use automatic analysis (MLA, elemental mapping or EBSD) during off-peak hours (5pm-8am). Consult the RIL manager.
For the external rates (non-UMD customers), please contact the RIL manager (RIL@d.umn.edu).