Manufactured by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Co. in 1995.

Machine specification

• Guide block system: DIA-type
• Maximum press load: 20 MN
• Anvil:
  • Single stage: tungsten carbide with 15 mm truncated edge length
  • Double stage:
    • 1st stage; tugsten carbide with 27 mm truncated edge length
    • 2nd stage;†sintered diamond cube with 14 mm edge length
• Maximum pressure: 8 GPa by single-stage compression, 50 GPa by double-stage compression with sintered diamond anvils
• Maximum temperature: 3000 K
• Sample volume: 1x10^-1 mm³ at 60 GPa, 1x10³ mm³ at 8 GPa
• Deformation facility with maximum load of 200 kN

Application

• Experimental deformation up to 4 GPa
• Electrical conductivity measurement for crustal rocks
• Melting experiment under lower mantle conditions
• Electrical conductivity measurement of lower mantle minerals

Scientists to contact : Tomoo KATSURA.