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User Fees at FiLTER

Usage fees indicated are per hour of instrument time. A minimum fee equivalent to 2 - 4 hrs of instrument time is charged per request to cover initializing and optimization. Click buttons below to access sample submission and authorization forms

Payments can be made online via our Payment Form
Service
Internal 
External 
Commercial
ICP Spectrometry
$60/hr
$80/hr
$100/hr
LA-ICP-MS
​Mapping
Geochronology
$80/hr
$60/hr automated 
$125/hr
$125/hr
$80/hr automated 
$150/hr
$200/hr
$100/hr automated 

$250/hr
SEM
Sputter coating (Au or Pd/Pt)
Sputter coating (carbon)
$30/hr ($15/hr automated)
$2 per nm
$10 per chamber (max 3 slides)
$45/hr ($22.5/hr automated)
$3 per nm
$15 per chamber (max 3 slides)
​$60/hr ($30/hr automated)
$4 per nm
$20 per chamber (max 3 slides)
EPMA
$40/hr  ($20/hr automated)
$60/hr ($30/hr automated)
​$80/hr ($40/hr automated)
uXRF
​Thin Section Scans

$20/hr
​$50 per TS
$30/hr
​$100 per TS
$40/hr
$150 per TS
Operator/Assist Fee
$40/hr
$40/hr
$60/hr
Minimum booking duration: SEM - 2hr, EPMA - 4hr, ICP-MS - 4hr, uXRF - 4hr
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* Automated rate only valid for pre-set analysis running on evening and weekends

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