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Mass Spectrometry 

LCs for LC/MS 

NMR 

Photon Spectroscopy

Current Rates 

Sample Drop-off 

Useful Links 


Mark E. Bier

Director, CMA
mbier@andrew.cmu.edu 
412-268-3540 (office)
412-268-6897 (fax)


Roberto R. Gil

Director, NMR Facilities

rgil@andrew.cmu.edu

412-268-4313(office)


Carnegie Mellon University 
Department of Chemistry 
Mellon Institute Bldg.
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2683
  

 

 

Rates

IMPORTANT!  PLEASE READ:

  • Rates are subject to change without prior notice.

  • You must provide either:

  • A CMU Oracle account number

OR

  • For Non-CMU Users: A hard copy of the PO number and outside billing address.

  • MS and photon charges are based on the reserved calendar time or the logon time, which ever is greater.

  • Laboratory assistance in MI551 is provided by CMA staff at a rate of $50/hour.

  • MS training and Non-CMA assistance is provided at $60/hour.  This applies to new User training for non-NMR instruments.


 

 

Liquid Chromatography

Michrom Magic LC

 

Carnegie Mellon User

Academic User

(Non-Carnegie Mellon)

Industry

   User

 

User Operated

 

$20.00/hour

(No extra charge for LC/MS if >20 hours of use per
quarter)

 

$50.00/hour

Billed by the hour.

 

$100.00/hour

Billed by 15mins.


 

Mass Spectrometry**

MALDI-TOF MS, ESI/APCI Ion Trap, ESI QTOF 2 MS

 

 

Carnegie Mellon User

Academic User

(Non-Carnegie Mellon)

Industry User 

User Operated

$20.00/hr  #

$30.00/hr

$120.00/hour*

Sample Drop-Off
(1 week turn-around)

$50.00/sample

$60.00/sample

N/A

Sample Drop-Off
(Results within 48 hours)

$100.00/sample

$100.00/sample

N/A

Additional Sample Preparation

+$50.00/sample

+$50.00/sample

N/A

Protein Identification

+$100.00/sample

+$120.00/sample

N/A

**Rates updated March 17, 2015.  New rates effective July 1, 2014

 

* Fee determined to be a fair market value relative to equivalent service charges by private companies.  (See NSF Grant Policy Manual).  CMU incubator companies, that have prior training, are charged using 15min intervals.

 

Normal rates apply to samples which have been prepared by the guidelines given on our Mass Spectrometry page.  If significant preparation remains to be done upon submission, the "Additional Sample Preparation" charge will be assessed, since the service will take significantly more time to complete.

 Users will be charge for the formal two hour training session.


 

NMR Rates

BRUKER AVANCE™ AV300

 

Carnegie Mellon User

Academic User
(Non-Carnegie Mellon)

Industry User

User Operated

$15.00/hr

$35.00/hr

$100.00/hr

* The Bruker Avance AV300 is operating in walk-up mode and in automation 24/7 using a 16-sample robotic sample changer. The same rate is applicable at any time of the week. Users can queue their experiments and data is automatically e-mailed to them.

 

BRUKER AVANCE™ III 500

 

Carnegie Mellon User

Academic User
(Non-Carnegie Mellon)

Industry User

User Operated
(9am–8pm)

$20.00/hr

$45.00/hr

$130.00/hr

Full night
(8pm–9am)

$60

$90

N/A

* Although the Bruker Avance III 500 is also working in automation using a 60-sample robotic sample changer, the users are expected to make reservations. After 4 continuous hours, the users will be charged a flat rate equivalent to 3 hours ($60).

  • For sample drop-off rates contact the NMR Facility: Prof. Roberto R. Gil (412-268-4313 or rgil@andrew.cmu.edu)
  • The industrial rates are designed to be attractive without giving unfair competition to private-sector providers.

 

Photon Spectroscopy

CD, UV-VIS-NIR, and FT-IR
 

 

 

 

Carnegie Mellon User

Academic User

(Non-Carnegie Mellon)

Industry User 

 

User

Operated

 

$15.00/hr

($11.00/hr for >30 hours per quarter)

 

$60.00/hr

Billed by the hour.

 

$100.00/hr

Billed by 15 mins#.

 Rates updated July 31, 2017. New rates effective July 1, 2017.

 CMU -Users will be charged for start-up training at $50/hour.

 #New non-CMU users are charge for the first hour startup help.