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Equipment Rates for External Service Requests

Rates for external academic and industry users. Academic rates are charged per hour of instrument time. Industry rates are charged per sample. All figures are in US dollars and exclude consumables unless the instrument states otherwise.

Effective 1 August 2026 · supersedes all previous schedules

External academics Universities, research institutes and other not-for-profit organisations. Self use applies once you are trained and cleared to run the instrument yourself. Assisted applies when a CRSL staff member trains you or runs the instrument for you. Both are charged per hour.
Industry Commercial and for-profit entities. Assisted service only, charged per sample. Method development, validation and reporting are quoted separately.

Bioscience

Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)

Self use$49/hour
Assisted$74/hour
Industry$150/plate

Industry work on this instrument is charged per plate, not per sample.

Multimode Microplate Reader

Self use$49/hour
Assisted$74/hour
Industry$150/plate

Industry work on this instrument is charged per plate, not per sample.

Flow Cytometer — Cell Cycle

Self use$28/hour
Assisted$42/hour
Industry$35/sample

Flow Cytometer — Cell Sorting

Self use$56/hour
Assisted$84/hour
Industry$55/sample

Magnetoscience

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 300 MHz (NMR)

Self use$56/hour
Assisted$84/hour
Industry$35/sample

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 500 MHz (NMR)

Self use$77/hour
Assisted$116/hour
Industry$55/sample

Materials Science

X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF)

Self use$98/hour
Assisted$147/hour
Industry$55/sample

X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD)

Self use$84/hour
Assisted$126/hour
Industry$90/sample

Thermogravimetric Analyser (TGA)

Self use$63/hour
Assisted$95/hour
Industry$55/sample

Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)

Self use$63/hour
Assisted$95/hour
Industry$65/sample

Surface Area & Porosity Analyser (BET)

Self use$10/hour
Assisted$15/hour
Industry$210/sample

Industry batch pricing: $210 for one sample, $240 for two, $270 for three.

Surface Stylus Profilometer

Self use$49/hour
Assisted$74/hour
Industry$35/sample

Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)

Self use$28/hour
Assisted$42/hour
Industry$45/sample

Sputtering Machine

Self use$42/hour
Assisted$63/hour
Industry$65/sample

Industry minimum batch fee $65 for six samples.

Conductivity & pH Meter

Self use$14/hour
Assisted$21/hour
Industry$5/sample

Industry minimum batch fee $40 for eight samples.

Electrochemical Workstation

Self use$70/hour
Assisted$105/hour
IndustryNot offered

Microscopy & Imaging

Inverted-Fluorescence Microscope

Self use$63/hour
Assisted$95/hour
Industry$70/sample

Upright-Fluorescence Microscope

Self use$63/hour
Assisted$95/hour
Industry$70/sample

Scanning Electron Microscope & Energy-Dispersive X-Ray (SEM/EDX)

Self use$98/hour
Assisted$147/hour
Industry$210/sample

Stereo Microscope

Self use$28/hour
Assisted$42/hour
Industry$10/sample

Spectrophotometry

Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS)

Self use$49/hour
Assisted$74/hour
Industry$35/sample

Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR/ATR)

Self use$28/hour
Assisted$42/hour
Industry$45/sample

Fluorometer – Fluorolog3

Self use$63/hour
Assisted$95/hour
Industry$55/sample

Fluorometer – FluorologQM

Self use$77/hour
Assisted$116/hour
Industry$65/sample

Ultraviolet-Visible-Near Infrared Spectrophotometer (UV-Vis-NIR)

Self use$25/hour
Assisted$38/hour
Industry$12/sample

Industry minimum batch fee $48 for four samples.

Booking and Billing

  • Reservations are made through the CRSL PPMS system. Instrument time is billed from the reserved start time, not from arrival.
  • No-shows. A reservation not attended within 30 minutes of its start time is cancelled without notice, and those 30 minutes are charged at the applicable rate.
  • Training is billed at the assisted rate, as is any session a CRSL staff member runs for you. Self use becomes available once you are trained and cleared on the instrument.
  • Industry work is assisted service, charged per sample.
  • Consumables are charged at cost unless the instrument states otherwise.

Questions about rates, quotations and billing: [email protected] · Kamal A. Shair Central Research Science Laboratory, American University of Beirut.

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