Users Fees
Our instrumentation rates are structured such that we are non-competitive with private enterprise. Internal user rates are based on Mines’ actual costs of maintaining the instruments and the laboratories they’re housed in. External user rates reflect Mines’ direct, indirect and overhead costs associated with maintaining and providing access to the labs and instruments, as well as market surveys of comparable services provided by commercial (private) laboratories. Rates are subject to change.
External Users Billing: Invoices will be emailed at the start of each month for the previous month’s services and/or instrument usage. Payment is due within 30 days and can be made by credit card, ACH, or check.
Instrument Rates (effective September 1, 2023)
Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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FEI Helios Nanolab FIB/SEM* | $62/hr | $94/hr | $310/hr |
FEI Quanta 600i Environmental SEM* | $30/hr | $46/hr | $185/hr |
FEI Talos F200X TEM/STEM* | $70/hr | $106/hr | $350/hr |
FEI Tecnai T12* | $45/hr | $68/hr | $180/hr |
JEOL JSM-7000F Field Emission SEM* | $35/hr | $53/hr | $240/hr |
Phenom SEM | $25/hr | $40/hr | $175/hr |
Tescan S8252G Raman-SEM/FIB* | $62/hr | $94/hr | $310/hr |
JEOL IB-0910CP Cross-Section Polisher | $5/hr | $8/hr | $12/hr |
Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
*Internal projects anticipating more than 12 hours per month of use on a given EM instrument, please contact the instrument manager regarding the EM bulk pricing policy.
Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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Cameca LEAP 4000X SI* | $92/hr | $151/hr | $460/hr |
IonTOF TOF-SIMS.V | $104/hr | $157/hr | $425/hr |
Sciex 5500 Triple Quad | $38.55/sample $421/method day | Request Quote | Request Quote |
Sciex x500R QToF | $43.35/sample $473/method day | Request Quote | Request Quote |
Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Exploris 120 | $43.35/sample $473/method day | Request Quote | Request Quote |
Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
*Internal projects anticipating more than 12 hours per month of use on a given EM instrument, please contact the instrument manager regarding the EM bulk pricing policy.
Characterization | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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Hall System | $25/hr | $40/hr | $75/hr |
Janis Cryostat | $7/hr | $40/hr | $100/hr |
Solar Simulator | $25/hr | $40/hr | $120/hr |
UV-Vis Spectrometer | $20/hr | $32/hr | $100/hr |
4-Probe Electrical Probe Station | $20/hr | $32/hr | $120/hr |
FTIR Spectrometer/Ellipsometer | $34/hr | $52/hr | $135/hr |
Woollam M-2000 Ellipsometer | $26/hr | $39/hr | $135/hr |
Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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Arcast 200 | $41/hr | $241/hr | $241/hr |
3D Systems DMP Flex 350 | Request Quote | Request Quote | Request Quote |
EOS M 290 | Request Quote | Request Quote | Request Quote |
Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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DSI Gleeble 3800-GTC | $30/hr | $46/hr | $175/hr |
Electromechanical Load Frames | $15/hr | $23/hr | $175/hr |
Fatigue Machines | $2.50/hr | $4/hr | $44/hr |
Servohydraulic Load Frames | $20/hr | $31/hr | $175/hr |
MTS Exceed Impact Tester | $10/hr | $15/hr | $175/hr |
Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
Nanofabrication | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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Clean Room - UV Mask Aligner | $25/hr | $40/hr | $130/hr |
Clean Room - UV Laser Lithography | $35/hr | $56/hr | $140/hr |
Clean Room - Other | $20/hr | $32/hr | $120/hr |
Disco DAD321 Dicing Saw | $30/hr | $50/hr | $125/hr |
E-beam Lithography | $95/hr | $155/hr | $300/hr |
High Temperature Furnaces | $25/hr | $40/hr | $100/hr |
Plasma Preen | $20/hr | $32/hr | $145/hr |
Rapid Thermal Annealer | $25/hr | $40/hr | $100/hr |
Reactive Ion Etchers | $20/hr | $32/hr | $145/hr |
Wire Bonder | $35/hr | $56/hr | $140/hr |
Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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ASYLUM MFP-3D Scanning Probe Microscope | $35/hr | $53/hr | $100/hr |
Digital Instruments AFM | $25/hr | $40/hr | $120/hr |
Keyence VHX-5000 | $10/hr | $15/hr | $180/hr |
Profilometer | $20/hr | $32/hr | $120/hr |
WiTec Laser Confocal Raman Microscope | $25/hr | $38/hr | $210/hr |
Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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3mm Disc Cutter/Foil Punch | $5/sample | $7/sample | $25/sample |
Cressington Carbon Sputter Coater | $2/run | $4/run | $4/run |
Denton Vacuum Gold Sputter Coater | $25/hr | $40/hr | $130/hr |
Fischione Twin-Jet Electropolisher | $15/sample | $22/sample | $75/sample |
Gatan Dimple Grinder II | $15/hr | $22/hr | $75/hr |
Gatan Duo Argon Ion Mill | $10/hr | $15/hr | $50/hr |
Hummer Gold Sputter Coater | $8/run | $12/run | $12/run |
JEOL IB-0910CP Cross-Section Polisher | $5/run | $8/run | $12/run |
Thin Film Deposition | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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AJA Sputtering system | $40/hr | $57/hr | $150/hr |
AJA UHV Multi Deposition System | $40/hr | $57/hr | $200/hr |
Angstrom Thermal evaporator | $25/hr | $40/hr | $130/hr |
High Temperature Thermal Evaporator | $30/hr | $48/hr | $130/hr |
Semicore Sputtering System | $40/hr | $57/hr | $150/hr |
Tabletop Gold Sputter Coater | $25/hr | $40/hr | $130/hr |
Cressington Carbon Sputter Coater | $2/run | $4/run | $12/run |
Hummer Gold Sputter Coater | $8/run | $12/run | $12/run |
Gold charge per nm | $1/nm | $1/nm | $1/nm |
Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
Process | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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Ammonia | $9.63/sample | $14.66/sample | $14.66/sample |
COD | $9.45/sample | $14.38/sample | $14.38/sample |
Conductivity | $5.64/sample | $8.58/sample | $8.58/sample |
Flourescence | $16.49/sample | $25.09/sample | $25.09/sample |
IC | $14.20/sample | $21.60/sample | $21.60/sample |
Nitrate | $8.93/sample | $13.59/sample | $13.59/sample |
Nitrite | $8.49/sample | $12.92/sample | $12.92/sample |
pH | $4.46/sample | $6.78/sample | $6.78/sample |
TOC | $12.46/sample | $18.96/sample | $18.96/sample |
Total Nitrogen | $10.51/sample | $15.99/sample | $15.99/sample |
TSS | $7.16/sample | $10.90/sample | $10.90/sample |
UV | $3.77/sample | $5.74/sample | $5.74/sample |
Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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Panalytical X’Pert Pro | $23/hr | $35/hr | $105/hr |
Malvern Panalytical Empyrean X-ray Diffractometer | $38/hr | $56/hr | $200/hr |
Zeiss Versa 520 XCT | $80/hr | $94/hr | $338/hr |
Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |
Instrument | Internal Rate | External Academic Rate | External Rate |
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Environmental XPS | $80/hr | $122 | $300/hr |
Technical Assistance | $60/hr | $98/hr | $125/hr |