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X-ray and ICP-OES

X-Ray and ICP-OES

The X-Ray and ICP-OES Facilities are a full service and user facility. It features one powder X-ray diffractometer, one single crystal diffractometer, and one inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) for use in research and teaching. Each lab features high-speed workstations for users to analyze their data. The labs serve a wide range of users from across the UT campus, as well as external academic users.  

Instruments

  • PANalytical Empyrean Powder Diffractometer
  • Bruker V8 Venture Single Crystal Diffractometer
  • Agilent 5110 ICP-OES Spectrometer

Rates

FY 24-25 Billing Rates
All rates require a 1 hour minimum

InstrumentModelUnassisted Internal – AcademicAssisted Internal – AcademicAssisted External – Academic
SCXRDBruker D8 Venture$8.00/hour$20.00/hour$31.00/hour
PXRDPANalytical EMPYREAN$18.00/hour$41.00/hour$63.00/hour
ICPOESAgilent 5110
ICP-OES
$16.00/hour$40.00/hour$61.00/hour

SCXRD – Single Crystal X-Ray Diffractometer
PXRD – Powder X-ray Diffractometer
ICPOES – Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer

Internal rates are available to University of Tennessee, Knoxville students, faculty, and staff with an active charging account. Users who bill more than 10 hours per year may be trained to use the instrument and be billed at unassisted rates.

External rates are applied to users who are not University of Tennessee, Knoxville students, faculty, or staff with an active charge account. Billing information must be provided prior to analysis.

Personnel

David Jenkins

Director of X-Ray and ICP-OES Facilities
409 Buehler

davidjenkins@utk.edu

Phattananawee (Tern) Nalaoh

Single Crystal XRD Operator
332C Buehler

pnalaoh@utk.edu

Jacob Barrett

Powder XRD and ICP-OES Student Operator
214 Buehler

jbarre23@vols.utk.edu

Chemistry

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