For Academic rate users:  After 24 hours of use of a given tool in a billing quarter, the Group 1 – 3 rates below are reduced by 50% for that user, for that tool, for the rest of that billing quarter. 

Instrument Group 1
ToolTechniqueUS Acad. / Govt. Rate*Industry & Non-US Acad. RateAddl. notes
Agilent G200Nanoindentation$22/hr$44/hr 
Bruker TI-980Nanoindentation““ 
Bruker IconAFM““ 
Bruker TornadoXRF““ 
Nicolet 6700FTIR““ 
Thermo iN10MXFTIR““ 
Keyence VHX-600 & -70003D Optical Microscopy““ 
Hysitron TI-900Nanoindentation““ 
Renishaw Qontor (Vis-NIR)Raman Spectroscopy““ 
Renishaw In-Via (UV-IR)Raman Spectroscopy““ 
Hitachi SU8010SEM““ 
Panalytical Alpha-1 MPDXRD““ 
Panalytical EmpyreanXRD, SAXS““ 
Panalytical X’Pert Pro MRDXRD““ 
Rigaku Miniflex powder XRDXRD““ 
     
Instrument Group 2
ToolTechniqueUS Acad. / Govt. Rate*Industry & Non-US Acad. Rate 
Bruker Icon-IRAFM-IR$44/hr$75/hr 
Hitachi SU8230SEM““EDS
TESCAN MiraSEM““EBSD
Zeiss Ultra 60SEM““CL, EDS
Hitachi HT7700TEM““ 
Kratos Axis UltraXPS““ 
Thermo NEXSAXPS““ 
Thermo K-AlphaXPS““ 
     
Instrument Group 3
ToolTechniqueUS Acad. / Govt. Rate*Industry & Non-US Acad. Rate 
Hitachi HD-2700TEM$88/hr$176/hrEDS
FEI Tecnai F30TEM““EDS
Thermo Helios 5CXFIB/SEM““EDS
IONTOF 5-300ToF-SIMS““ 
     
Long-Run Instrument Group**
ToolTechniqueRate T_use < 12hrRate: 12 hrs < T_use < 60 hrsRate:  T_use > 60 hrs
Rigaku Smartlab SEXRD$36/hr$12/hr$4/hr
Rigaku Smartlab XEXRD“““
Thermo iCAP – RQICP-MS“““
Thermo NeomaMC ICP-MS“““
Zwick-Roell ZHU 2.5Microindenter“““

Shared User Tool Rates 

Training on any tool is charged at $22/hr for any researcher 

MCF staff time is billed at $100/hr for any remote work (does not apply to training sessions). 

*U.S. Academic and U.S. Government users pay the internal academic rate. 

**Rates for long-run group reset after each use instead of with cumulative usage time for billing quarter 

Rates are reviewd annually and are subject to change in pursuit of cost recovery.