Usage Cost Planning
This budgetary table was made to help supervisors budget future FACTS usage. The numbers are derived from all FACTS usage in the past 2 years, it shows the average user costs per year, separated by technique and by usage category. Normal is our median usage, a heavy user requires in-situ work or long duration experiments and a super user is technique focused or is the lone user for a full groups work. This table does not take into account future inflation of prices.
Predictive Usage (S$) (Per person per year)
Normal User | Heavy User | Super User | |
TEM User (per year)* | 1,850 | 5,250 | 14,250 |
XRD User (per year) | 350 | 800 | 1,450 |
SEM User (per year) | 600 | 1,300 | 2,600 |
*If FIB is required for sample preparation, please add on 40% more