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 EGG/Ortek System 5000 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.