Costs
Surface Analysis Services
AUSSL provides contractual surface analysis services to outside customers.  Our
sample turnaround time is excellent and our pricing is far below commercial surface
analytical laboratories.
Technique
Hourly Rate*
AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (AES)
(using a Kratos XSAM 800 surface system)
$175
X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XPS)
(using a Kratos XSAM 800 surface system)
$175
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM)
(using a Cambridge Stereoscan 200 system)
$90
ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY (EDX)
(using an iXRF/Noran spectrometer)
$90
MASS SPECTROSCOPY (QMS)
(using a UTI 100C mass spectrometer, 1-300 amu)
$150
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR)
(using a Perkin-Elmer 1600 spectrometer)
$90
*Average time per standard analysis (sample preparation, machine time, data
analysis, writeup) is 3 hours for AES and 4 hours for XPS.  Price is roughly 50% of
commercial analytical laboratories.