INSTRUMENT RATES & LAB FEES
If your funding is managed in a department other than Chemistry and Biochemistry, please apply for a chemistry recharge account (download application form)
Once you have been given access, the account number that you provide will be charged an access fee every month. The current rate is $30/month/user. Access fees are only charged to a maximum of 5 users per Research Director. This charge is assessed whether or not you use the lab. Thus, you should notify us that youraccess should be removed if you no longer plan to use the lab. Please make sure that your research director is aware of this charge policy.
Additionally, usage of some of the instruments in the Materials lab will be recharged based on the amount of time they are used. The current rates for the recharged instruments are: (printable version)
(A) SEM image of a sectioned W11B12 ingot in backscattered electron (compositional) mode indicating compositional uniformity of WB4.2 (bright) grains. (B) Backscattered electron SEM image of a fractured ingot of an arc-melted sample in the ratio W:B of 1:12. Light regions are the tungsten-containing phase.
Andrew T. Lecha, Christopher L. Turnera, Reza Mohammadib, Sarah H. Tolberta,c,d, and Richard B. Kanera. 2015. PNAS, 112:3223-3228.
SEM
UCLA: $50/hour
Federally funded External: $90/hour
Commercial External: $140/hour
Sputterer
UCLA: $22/hour
Federally funded External: $40/hour
Commercial External: $60/hour
AFM
UCLA: $10/hour
Federally funded External: $20/hour
Commercial External: $40/hour
TGA & DSC
UCLA: $15/hour
Federally funded External: $30/hour
Commercial External: $50/hour
Light Scattering
UCLA: $10/hour
Federally funded External: $20/hour
Commercial External: $40/hour
Access Fee
UCLA: $30/month
Federally funded External: $55/month
Commercial External: $110/month
XPS
UCLA: $245/day
Federally funded External: $420/day
Commercial External: $620/day
SQUID
UCLA: $150/day
Federally funded External: $260/day
Commercial External: $420/day
Consultation
UCLA: $120/hour
Federally funded External: $220/hour
Commercial External: $380/hour
GPC
UCLA: $15/hour
Federally funded External: $30/hour
Commercial External: $50/hour
User-Run Helium Leak Detector
UCLA: $100/day
Federally funded External: $180/day
Commercial External: $350/day