Notes:

• Sample preparation including mounting and polishing to be provided by users
• Minimum usage of microprobe is a 4 hour block of time
• Daily rate applied to more than 8 hours continuous use, billed in 24 hour days
• If an EPMA session needs to be cancelled at least 24 hours notification is required
• Mapping rate applied to automated beam/stage mapping run on microprobe is done on evenings starting after 4 pm and over weekends
• The policy for reserving EPMA time will be two days at a time may be requested, with a maximum of 8 days per month, with requests handled by the EPMA-SEM user group who will meet every two weeks to discuss scheduling requests
• All users of SEM and EPMA will need to submit an on-line form indicating what kind of analyses are to be done (X-ray maps, quantitative WDS analyses, etc.),