Pricing for EPMA Laboratory

Effective: 31 August 2026

 All prices reflect Canadian dollars.

JEOL JXA-8530F ELECTRON MICROPROBE                     

Academic Rates (NSERC funded projects):

Hourly Rate (Day) $55/hour
Hourly Rate (Evening/Weekend)* $40/hour
 Carbon Coating

$10 per
petrogrpahic thin section

$8 per
1" epoxy puck

External Rates:

Hourly Rate (Day) $125/hour
Hourly Rate (Evening/Weekend)* $90/hour
 Carbon Coating

$15 per
petrogrpahic thin section

$13 per
1" epoxy puck

*Evening/Weekend rates refer to machine time for running previously set-up analyses only.

Staff operation and technical assistance is billed at $125 hour for all users (e.g., sample preparation, instrument and mapping setups, post-analytical data processing, data interpretations, consulting, etc.).

 

Bruker M4 TORNADO Micro-XRF                                 

XRF Mapping

Hourly Rate:

Academic Rates
(NSERC funded) 

External Rates
(NSERC funded) 

 

Sample mounting fee:

 

 $5 per sample

XRF instrument time

$30/hour 

 $50/hour

(techinal assistance)

 +$70/hour +75/hour

Advanced Reporting, Consulting, Data Interpretation, Post-analytical Data Processing, Sample Preparation

 N/A $170/hour

 **For external clients, we offer the option of project-based pricing instead of hourly rates. We're happy to discuss and provide a custom quote.

Fees
To support high-quality data acquisition and sustainable lab operations, the following fee structure applies to Micro XRF mapping analyses:

  • Sample Mounting Fee: Each sample submitted for analysis incurs a flat fee to cover consumables used during mounting and preparation (e.g., epoxy, holders). This fee is charged $5CAD per sample.

  • Map Setup Fee: A flat fee per map is charged to cover technician time for instrument setup, calibration, data acquisition file preparation, and basic reporting (i.e., delivery of raw data and map files). This fee is equivalent to 1 hour of technical time, and is intended to streamline billing for standard mapping workflows. This fee is charged per mapping setup, separate from instrument time.

XRF Spectrum Analysis

  • Academic users are encouraged to process their spectra independently using our offline processing workstation, available free of charge upon request.

 

 

 

JEOL JCM-6000 Scanning electron microscope   

Academic Rates (NSERC funded projects):

Hourly Rate $30/hour
Daily Rate $180/day
Carbon Coating $15/batch

External Rates:

Hourly Rate $50/hour
Daily Rate
$300/day
Carbon Coating
$25/batch

 

Optical Microscopes                                                  


 User Fees and Rates (including non-NSERC funded projects)

Half Day Rate* $25
Full Day Rate* $50

*Includes the use of any equipment in the optical microscopy laboratory (e.g., scanner).