Department of Chemistry

X-Ray Facility

X-Ray Facility

Location

The X-Ray Facility is located in room 042 on the ground floor of Caudill Laboratories.

 

Hours

Monday through Friday
09:00 AM - 04:30 PM; Meetings by appointment only

 

Staff

Director X-Ray Facility
Peter S. White, Ph.D.
Caudill Laboratories, room 042
Caudill Laboratories, room 053 - Office
pwhite@unc.edu
919-962-1689

 

Sample Submission

Please contact us to schedule instrument time, and discuss how to supply a suitable sample at least few days before the scheduled time.

 

 

X-Ray Facility Rates

The rates for facility use differ according to who is using which instrument; rates are subject to change. Users are identified as Chemistry, University, and External. The definition of these three categories are as follows:

 

Definition of Research Service Center Users

Chemistry
Chemistry Faculty including joint appointees without regard to funding source
Memos of Understanding with other Departments
Excludes non-Chemistry faculty who are co-principal investigators

University
UNC-CH Departments not covered under Chemistry

External
Other UNC campuses
Other Universities
Government Laboratories
Commercial businesses

 

  Chemistry Others External
Instrument Timea $12.50/HR $25.00/HR $32.50/HR
Operator Time $31.25/HR $52.50/HR $78.75/HR
Consulting     $183.75/HR
       
Packages Chemistry Others External
Single Crystal Structureb $550.00 $900.00 $1,410.00
Crystal Evaluationc $43.75 $77.50 $111.25

a Trained users may collect their own data the charge will be instrument time determined by login to logoff of the instrument.

b Includes crystal mounting, up to 24 hours data collection and up to 8 hours time spent solving and refining the structure. The typical results will be a report and files necessary to publish the structure. After 8 hours the client will be requested to authorize further work on an hourly basis.

c Samples that are visibly suitable for diffraction purposes will be mounted and examined to see if they diffract. If this is the case then a unit cell and possibly crystal class will be determined. The charge represents 1 hour Instrument time plus 1 hour Operator time.

Custom experiments can be performed for a charge of Instrument time plus Operator time.