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Institute for Rock Magnetism per measurement rates apply to measurements made by IRM staff on behalf of academic and industry clients, and are subject to change.
Per Measurement Fee Tables
Fiscal Year 2026
July 1st 2025 - June 31st 2026
Hysteresis
Cost
Lake Shore VSM (room-temp)
$91
Lake Shore VSM (low-temp: 100-300 K)
$192
Lake Shore VSM (high-temp: 300-1000 K)
$192
MicroMag 3900 VSM (room-temp)
$88
MPMS-3 (low-temp: 5-300 K)
$179
MPMS-XL (low-temp: 5-300 K)
$179
Backfield Curves
Cost
Lake Shore VSM (room-temp)
$94
Lake Shore VSM (low-temp: 100-300 K)
$200
Lake Shore VSM (high-temp: 300-1000 K)
$200
MicroMag 3900 VSM (room-temp)
$89
First Order Reveral Curves (FORCs)
Cost
Lake Shore VSM (room-temp)
$102
Lake Shore VSM (low-temp: 100-300 K)
$223
Lake Shore VSM (high-temp: 300-1000 K)
$221
MicroMag 3900 VSM (room-temp)
$90
Thermomagnetic Runs (Ms-T)
Cost
Lake Shore VSM (high-temp: 300-1000 K)
$254
Magnetic Properties Measurement System (MPMS-XL or MPMS-3)
Cost
FC-ZFC RT-SIRM temperature cycles
$307
AC frequency, amplitude and temperature dependence of susceptibility k(f,H,T)
$270
Susceptibility Measurements
Cost
Single measurement at room-temp:
AGICO KLY-2
$44
AGICO MFK-1A
$44
Magnon (variable Freq/Field at room-temp)
$44
Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS):
AGICO KLY-2
$88
AGICO MFK-1A (automated)
$44
Susceptibility Temperature Cycle (RT-700C-RT):
AGICO KLY-2
$108
AGICO MFK-1A
$95
Paleomagnetic Treatments and Measurements
Cost
2G SQUID u-channel magnetometer:
AF demag sequence
$95
Single NRM, ARM or IRM treatment and measurement
$90
Single thermal demagnetization treatment and measurement
$100
Magnetic Microscopy
Cost
MFM (Asylum) (room-temp)
$1,090
MFM (Asylum) (high-temp)
$1272
QDM
$850
Mossbauer Spectrometers
Cost
SeeCo (room-temp)
$511.43
SeeCo Closed Cycle Refrigerator (low-temp to 20 K)