Recharge rates for instrumental use

Recharge Rates For Instrumental Use

Current rates for academic users of the microprobe or SEM is $35.00 per hour of actual beam time. Specifically all data and/or image acquisition time is charged but off-line reprocessing is not. This includes all use by faculty and students in the Oregon University System (University of Oregon, Oregon State University, Portland State University) and also regional public and private 4 year colleges. Government work is charged at the academic rate plus a 50% overhead which comes to a total of $52.50 per hour.

Academic and government rates are for instrument time only. We encourage faculty, students and researchers to accompany their samples to UofO because interactive sessions are always more productive and efficient. However those who prefer to have us run their samples can just send the samples with detailed instructions and documentation and they will be charged an additional $50 per hour for operator time.

Commercial use of the microprobe and SEM instrumentation is strongly encouraged and will be given scheduling priority. Commercial analytical work includes expert consultation, analytical design or modeling, instrument operation and off-line processing for advanced industrial research requirements. Costs for this service are set at current prevailing market rates (~$200 per hour for SEM and ~$300 per hour for EPMA). For more information please contact John Donovan or Lucy Biggs at the CAMCOR administration.

For more information on types of suitable samples, sample preparation, analytical sensitivity, detection limits and other specific questions, please contact John Donovan directly at:

(541) 346-4632 (office)
(541) 346-4655 (lab)

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