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ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT AT THE CENTER


A variety of instruments are available for research projects

and materials characterization

For questions or to schedule instrument time, please email CrusCenterTeam@utah.edu


HITACHI S-4800 HIGH RESOLUTION
FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

  • Ultra-high resolution of 1.0 nm at 15kV & 2.0 nm at 1kV
  • 30x to 800,000x magnification
  • Backscattered electron image resolution of 3.0 nm (at 15kV YAG detector)
  • Advanced dry vacuum system design including turbo molecular pump
  • Cold field emission electron source
  • Fully automated pneumatic valve control

Pricing:

On-Campus/Internal User:

  • $31/hr
  • $75/hr with tech support

Off-Campus/External User/Commercial:

  • $48/hr
  • $75/hr with tech support

Resources:

S-4800 Training Video

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Micromeritics ASAP 2020
Surface Area and Porosity Analyzer

The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) high vacuum surface analyzer can be used to determine:

  • Single & multipoint BET surface area for microporous and mesoporous materials (0.0005m2/g & up)
  • Adsorption-desorption isotherms (N2 gas under liquid N2 temperature)
  • Specific surface area, pore size area and distribution from 17-5000 Angstrom
  • BJH mesopore area and volume
  • Density Functional Theory options
  • Micropore detectable within 0.0001cc/g

Pricing:

On-Campus/Internal User:

  • $45 (Full Isotherm)/sample
  • $63 (Full Isotherm)/sample with tech support

Off-Campus/External User/Commercial:

  • $69 (Full Isotherm)/sample
  • $96 (Full Isotherm)/sample with tech support

Rigaku MiniFlex RIGAKU MINIFLEX 600

XRAY DIFFRACTometer (XRD)

Qualitative and quantitative phase analysis of polycrystalline materials:

  • Powder diffraction
  • Rietveld analysis
  • High-temperature XRD
  • Low-temperature diffraction
  • Powder crystallography

Pricing:

On-Campus/Internal User:

  • $20/hr
  • $38/hr with tech support

Off-Campus/External User/Commercial:

  • $31/hr
  • $58/hr with tech support

Resources:

XRD Training Video

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SHIMADZU UV-3600

UV-VIS-NIR SPECTROPHOTOMETER

The Spectrophotometer includes:

  • Adsorption (of liquid & solid samples), Reflectance & Transmittance measurements
  • Resolution of 0.1nm and 0.001-5nm sample pitch
  • Spectrum, Kinetic and Photometric options
  • Range of 185-3300nm

Pricing:

On-Campus/Internal User:

  • $12/hr
  • $30/hr with tech support

Off-Campus/External User/Commercial:

  • $18/hr
  • $44/hr with tech support

Resources:

Shimadzu brochure

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DSC/TGA

TA INSTRUMENTS Q600SDT

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMATER -  THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZER

DSC TGA specifications

Pricing:

On-Campus/Internal User:

  • $23/hr
  • $40/hr with tech support

Off-Campus/External User/Commercial:

  • $34/hr
  • $61/hr with tech support

Resources:

DSC/TGATraining Video

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Anton Paar SurPASS 3 EKA 

ANTON PAAR SurPASS 3

ELECTROKINETIC ANALYZER

  • High-end electrokinetic analyzer for solid surface analysis
  • Fully automated zeta potential analysis on macroscopic solids
  • Automated detection of the isoelectric point
  • Time-dependent recording of liquid-on-solid adsorption kinetics

Pricing:

On-Campus/Internal User:

  • $9/hr
  • $27/hr with tech support

Off-Campus/External User/Commercial:

  • $14/hr
  • $41/hr with tech support

Denton DeskV Sputter Coater

DENTON VACUUM DESK V

THIN FILM DESPOSITION SYSTEM

  • Easy to use, timed sputter coating (0 -100mA)

Pricing:

  • Please note! Sputter coating your sample(s) is included free of charge if you are imaging your sample(s) using the Crus Center SEM.
  • If you will just be coating your samples but imaging your samples elsewhere, then please refer to the billable rates below.
  • We realize some samples will not require a lot of coating time. As such, we have a 15 minute minimum charge.
  • Our coater is equipped with a gold target.

On-Campus/Internal User:

  • $83/hr
  • $100/hr with tech support

Off-Campus/External User/Commercial:

  • $1260/hr
  • $144/hr with tech support

THERMO SCIENTIFIC NITON XL3T 500 X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF)

THERMO SCIENTIFIC NITON XL3T 500

X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF)

Quantitative elemental analysis for quick, nondestructive, material identification or quality control.

  • High performance semiconductor detector
  • Au anode up to 50 kV and 200 μA

Pricing:

Pricing tbd. Contact lab personnel for an estimate.

Resources:

View the manual here

Last Updated: 1/18/23