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Description The Metra Thermal Evaporator is used to deposit a variety of metals and dielectrics using resistance heating. Some, but not all, of the materials include: Cr, Au, Ag, Cu . It has two thermal sources but only one can be run at a time. Buy switching the power leads, a user can evaporate up to two different materials in the same pump down cycle. The Metra will accommodate up to 4" diameter substrates. Precious metals surcharge Au: $300 per 1000A
Location FabLab | DEP Tunnel
Manufacturer Metra
Staff Contact DanielDaniel Lewis
dlewis17@umd.edu
301-405-5018
Rates
No Charge
$0/hr
Large Commercial
$242/hr
Small Commercial / MTECH
$166/hr
External Non-profit / University
$126/hr
UMD
$81/hr
Reservations
Date Start End User
10/06/2026 01:00 PM 03:30 PM Brandon Zink
Logs
Tue, Oct 06, 2026
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Brandon Zink
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5 nm of Cr/25 nm of Au Gold charge=$75
Fri, Oct 02, 2026
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Yixiao Wang
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2nm Cr + 5nm Au = $15
Wed, Sep 30, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Chen-Yu Chen
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Deleted by: Chen-Yu Chen

Tue, Sep 29, 2026
4:15 pm - 6:30 pm
Kwangsu Kim
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50nm of Gold, $150.
Tue, Sep 22, 2026
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Kwangsu Kim
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SOPs
dep-02_sop_metra_thermal_evap.pdf (131 KB)
index.php (38 B)
Manuals

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Recipes

Evaporation Recipes

evapguide.pdf (180.42 KB)

Colleges A. James Clark School of Engineering
The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

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