Earth and Environmental Materials Laboratory
Examples of applications include the study of mineral-fluid interactions in surface, ocean, and subduction zone environments, controls on geochemical processing in igneous and volcanic systems, the behavior of solids as agents of climate engineering and mitigation, and geochemical processes associated with biomineralization and diagenesis.
Equipment: Precision Lathe
Model/Brand: PD 250/E Proxxon
Specifications
- Headstock: Precision bearing mounted main spindle (run-out without chuck 1/100mm) with 10.5mm opening. Chuck side 70mm hollowed to 14mm. With MK 2 bore.
- Lathe chuck: High quality 3-jaw chuck as per DIN 8386 Class 1 (concentricity tolerance 0.04mm). Capacity through reversing jaws from 2 - 75mm.
- Thread cutting device: With change gears for left-hand and righthand threads of the most important metric pitches (0.5 - 0.625 - 0.7 - 0.75 - 0.8 - 1 - 1.25 - 1.5mm).
Applications
Equipment: High Pressure High Temperature Equipment
Model/Brand: QUICKpress
Specifications
- Pressures: 0.3GPa to 4.0GPa
- Temperatures: 25°C to 1800°C
Applications
Generates very-high pressures at high temperatures. Used for hot isostatic pressing, thermodynamic studies, electrical studies, new materials syntheses that include the development of novel ceramics, high-Tc superconducting structures, amorphous phosphides and nitrides, and technologically important metal-hydrides