Services, Prices, Sample Submission
Organic analyses
Analytical Method | Internal Pricing |
|---|---|
| LC-MS (unit mass resolution) | $35.00 hourly / $47.00 injection |
| LC-qTOFMS (high res. accurate mass) | $47.00 hourly / $88.00 injection |
| GCMS | $38.00 hourly / $49.00 injection |
| AFFF-MALS | $35.00 per sample |
| LC-Q Exactive MS (high res. accurate mass) | $64.00 hourly / $84.00 injection |
| Total Organic Fluorine | $82.00 per sample |
| SPE- User Operation | $ 30.00 per sample set |
| SPE- ALEC Operation | $31.00 per sample set |
Inorganic analyses
Analytical Method | Internal Pricing |
|---|---|
| ICPMS- Elemental | $21.00 per Standard Set (see below) |
| ICPMS- Speciation | $36.00 per sample |
| TOC Analyzer | $22.00 per sample |
| XRF (portable) | $20.00 per sample |
| Microwave Digestion | $27.00 per sample |
| Fluorescence Spectroscopy | $19.00 per sample |
| Ion Chromatography | $19.00 per sample |
| Elemental Analysis, CNS | $31.00 per sample |
| CNS (JB) | $8.00 per sample |
Direct Infusion liquid samples to ESI-MS (electrospray ionization mass spectrometry) is also available.
ICPMS | Analytes Included |
|---|---|
| Standard Set 1 (Major Cations) | K, Ca, Na, Mg |
| Standard Set 2 (DRC) | V, Cr, Fe, Co, As, Se |
| Standard Set 3 (Trace Metals) | Be, Al, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Sb, Ba, Pb |
| Standard Set 4 (REY) | Y, Ce, Dy, Er, Eu, Gd, Ho, La, Lu, Nd, Pr, Sc, Sm, Tb, Th, Tm, Yb |
| Standard Set 5 (Minor/HNO3) | Li, Ga, Rb, Sr, In, Cs, Tl, Bi, U |
| Standard Set 6 (Minor/HCl) | Ru, Rh, Pd, Te, Hf, Ir, Pt, Au |
| Standard Set 7 (Minor/ HF) | B, Si, P, Ti, Ge, Zr, Nb, Ta, W, Re (total S now available by request) |
| Standard Set 8 | Hg |
| Examples of Analytes and Matrices |
|---|---|
| LC-MS/MS | per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), pesticides, surfactants, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals |
| GC-MS/MS | solvents (TCE), organochlorine pesticides |
| Total Organic Fluorine - CIC | fluorine as a surrogate/indicator for PFAS |
| Extractions | water, soil, biosolids, plant material, animal material |
Internal pricing is specific for users paying for analyses with a University of Arizona account number.
Costs are different for non-UA users. Please contact us directly to discuss further pricing.
Sample Submission
Download Inorganic sample submission form
Pre-arrangements with ALEC staff: (see CONTACT link for EMAILS).
Samples can be delivered directly to an ALEC staff member in the lab during normal business hours. Please remember to bring your sample submission form or submit one electronically to the staff member. For large sample batches, or those with complex sample IDs, please prepare and submit a sample ID list (either Excel or CSV) listing the sample names and sample descriptions. This should be emailed to your ALEC contact rather than presenting a hard copy piece of paper.
Please make diligent efforts to keep your fomites as clean as possible.
Very Large Projects
Are you planning a large project with many samples to measure over a period of months or years? Are you in the grant writing stage and need information from ALEC to help you prepare a budget? Let us know what your needs are, so we can determine the best way to help you prepare for costs and make the best arrangement for exchange of samples and data to support your project. One way we can help is by providing technical descriptions of analytical analyses to support your proposal methods description.