User fees are necessary in order to cover the听costs of providing access to state-of-the-art instrumentation, including instrument maintenance, certain consumables, and compressed gases and liquids. Rates for MC2 instrument use depend on user category.听 If you would like to discuss a special project or collaboration, or you have questions about your bill, do not hesitate to contact us. Rates below may vary depending on work required to address clients' needs.
Mass spectrometry听 听 听 Materials characterization听 听 听听Microscopy and imaging laboratory听 听 听 Magnetic resonance听 听 听 Thermal analysis and spectroscopy听 听 听 X-ray diffraction
Mass spectrometry - Rates in effect July 1st 2025
|
INSTRUMENT - USAGE CATEGORY |
ACADEMIC WITH OPERATOR |
INDUSTRY WITH OPERATOR |
|---|---|---|
| MALDI (Autoflex III) -听per sample | $65 | $100 |
| GCMS -听per sample | $55 | $90 |
| GCMS -听per hour | $55 | $90 |
| API/AM (EXACTIVE) -听per sample | $55 | $90 |
| API/AM (MAXIS) -听per sample | $55 | $90 |
| LCMS -听per hour | $55 | $90 |
| LCMS data processing -听per sample | $20 | $30 |
| API (LCQ) -听per sample | $55 | $90 |
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Materials characterization听- Rates in effect July 1st 2025
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Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area measurements (BET)
| USAGE CATEGORY | ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
|---|---|---|
| BET region only -听per sample | $40 | $125 |
| Full physisorption measurement -听per sample | $75 | $225 |
| Operator time -听per hour1 | $50 | $125 |
1听Includes service (including activation and measurement) and full report (multipoint BET, sorption data, and pore size and volume calculated using BJH and DFT methods, and more by request). Analysis of approximately 4 samples per hour.
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Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)
| USAGE CATEGORY | ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
|---|---|---|
| With operator service -听per hour | $37.50 | $90听(plus consumables) |
| Without operator service1 -听per hour | $18 | N/A |
| Data processing, operator service -听per hour | $60 | $90 |
| Training | $60 | N/A |
1 Training required for independent instrument operation.
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Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC)
|
USAGE CATEGORY |
ACADEMIC WITH OPERATOR |
INDUSTRY WITH OPERATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Aqueous phase听- per run | $20 | $40听(plus consumables) |
| Organic phase听- per run | $40 | $75 |
| Calibration curve | $140 | $300 |
| System/sample preparation and data processing - per hour | $75 | $150 |
Dynamic Vapor Sorption (DVS)
| USAGE CATEGORY | ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
|---|---|---|
| Humidity test (water) -听per sample | $40 | $125 |
| Other solvent (HPLC-grade) -听per sample | $50 | $150 |
| Operator time -听per hour1 | $50 | $125 |
| Training | $50 | N/A |
1 Includes service and full report (humidity or solvent uptake, BET upon request, humidity, hysteresis, and more upon request). Analysis of approximately 4 samples per hour.
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Microscopy and imaging听-听Rates in effect July 1st 2025
Surface Probe Microscopy (AFM, STM) and Electron Microscopy (TEM, SEM)
| USAGE CATEGORY | ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
|---|---|---|
| With operator听-听per hour | $100 | $300 |
| Without operator -听per hour1 | $40 | N/A |
| Data processing and analysis - per hour | $50 | $100 |
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Training SPM1,2 |
$200 | N/A |
| Training benchtop听TEM/SEM1,2 | $100 | N/A |
| Consumables (SPM probes, TEM grids, SEM stubs) | Supplier rate | Supplier rate |
1听Training required for independent instrument operation. Includes data acquisition (on-line) and data processing/analysis (off-line) instruction. Duration 4-6+ hours divided over two separate sessions.
2听For users of the microscopy facility. Training without facility access, contact milab.chemistry [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Microscopy%20inquiry) (Mohini Ramkaran) for more details.
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Magnetic resonance -听Rates in effect July 1st 2025
Solution NMR
See below for the QANUC 800 MHz rates.
| INSTRUMENT -听USAGE CATEGORY | ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
|---|---|---|
| Bruker 500, Bruker 400, Varian 500, QANUC 500, Varian 400 - without operator service, per hour | $25 | N/A |
| Mercury 300 - without operator service, per hour | $20 | N/A |
| All instruments -听with operator service, per hour | $25 | $125 |
The minimum fee for each use of a bookable NMR instrument is the minimum booking time (ten minutes).
Data processing by the NMR facility manager is charged at the same rate as operator service.
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Solid-state NMR
| USAGE CATEGORY | ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
|---|---|---|
| Instrument time -听one hour | $25 | $80 |
| Rotor packing / sample prep time -听per hour | $25 | $75 |
| Data processing -听per hour | $30 | $75 |
| Instrument time -听two hours | $50 | $150 |
| Instrument time -听half day (up to five hours) | $80 | $300 |
| Instrument time -听full day (up to ten hours) or overnight (up to fourteen hours) | $160 | $500 |
| Instrument time -听24 hours | $300 | $1000 |
| Instrument time -听one week (seven days continuously) | $1500 | N/A |
Rotor packing / sample prep time is charged when users are not present during the experiment.
Users who provide their own rotors will receive a 20% discount.
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EPR
| TIME PERIOD | ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
|---|---|---|
| One hour | $25 | $125 |
| Half day | $50 | $250 |
| Full day | $100 | $500 |
All consumables (EPR tubes, liquid nitrogen, nitrogen gas, liquid helium, etc.) are charged at the rate sold by Chemistry Stores or our suppliers. A rental fee of $25 is charged for flat cell usage.
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QANUC 800
| INSTRUMENT - USAGE CATEGORY | ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
|---|---|---|
| QANUC 800 -听per hour | $38 | $237.50 |
| Operator time听- per hour | $75 | $100 |
All consumables (NMR tubes, solvents etc.) are charged at the rate sold by Chemistry Stores or our suppliers.
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Thermal analysis and spectroscopy听- Rates in effect July 1st 2025
TGAs and DSCs
|
INSTRUMENT - USAGE CATEGORY |
ACADEMIC 听 |
INDUSTRY PER SAMPLE, WITH OPERATOR |
|---|---|---|
| DSC (Discovery 2500) - per hour | $25 | $250 |
| TGA (Q50, Q500) - per hour | $19 | $250 |
| TGA听 (Discovery 5500) - per hour | $25 | $250 |
| TGA-FTIR-GCMS - per hour |
$35 |
$250 |
| Training1 | $65听 | N/A |
| PER SAMPLE, WITH OPERATOR SERVICE | $75 | 听 |
1Training required for independent instrument operation.
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UV/Vis and FTIR听spectrometers
| INSTRUMENT - USAGE CATEGORY |
ACADEMIC |
INDUSTRY |
|---|---|---|
| UV/Vis/near-IR (Cary 5000)听 - per hour | $12 | $250 |
| FTIR (Spectrum II)听 - per hour | $12 | $250 |
| FTIR (Bruker Vertex 70)听 - per hour | $12 | $250 |
| Training1 | $65听 | $65听 |
1Training required for independent instrument operation.
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X-ray diffraction听- Rates in effect July 1st 2025
Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction (SCXRD)1
All experiments are performed by the facility manager (hatem.titi [at] mcgill.ca (Hatem Titi)) - currently, no training is available for听users.
|
USAGE CATEGORY |
ACADEMIC WITH OPERATOR听 |
INDUSTRY WITH OPERATOR |
|---|---|---|
| Determination of unit cell - per sample | $40 | $100 |
| Data collection -听per sample | $250 | $625 |
| Full structure determination2听- per sample | $375 | $1000 |
| Non-routine structure determination2听- per sample | $500 | Contact facility manager (hatem.titi [at] mcgill.ca (Hatem Titi)) |
| Service听(data interpretation, report writing, etc.) - per hour | $50 | $125 |
1 Data collection and structure determination charges on SCXRD will be applied regardless of sample composition (e.g. starting material etc).
2听Additional charges are possible for non-routine structural determination听because difficult cases of structure determination and refinement require considerable extra time and effort to analyze. Weakly diffracting materials, twinning, air-sensitive crystals, or crystals with highly disordered fragments and high-solvent content often belong to this category. The users will be contacted by the facility manager if samples appear difficult.
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Powder听X-Ray Diffraction (PXRD)
| USAGE CATEGORY | ACADEMIC | INDUSTRY |
|---|---|---|
| Data collection, without operator1听- per hour | $30 | $125 |
| Data collection, with operator听- per hour | $60 | $175 |
| Variable temperature PXRD - per hour | $40 | $125 |
| Service (data interpretation, report writing, etc.) - per hour | $50 | $150 |
| Training | $50 | $150 |
1 Training required for independent instrument operation.
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Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS - WAXS)
|
INSTRUMENT - USAGE CATEGORY |
ACADEMIC |
INDUSTRY WITH OPERATOR |
|---|---|---|
| SAXS/WAXS听- instrument time,听per hour | $50 | $200 |
| SAXS/WAXS variable temperature听- instrument time, per hour | $60 | $250 |
| Operator time1 - per hour | $70 | N/A |
| Training2 | $70 | N/A |
1听Full service fee is instrument time听plus听operator support fee.
2听Training required for independent instrument operation.
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