Facilities


Two 150 ton piston cylinders for performing high pressure-temperature experiments up to 35 kbar and 2000 °C. The piston cylinder can run both 1/2” (up to 35 kbar) and 3/4” assemblies (up to 20 kbar).

Two 150 ton piston cylinders for performing high pressure-temperature experiments up to 35 kbar and 2000 °C. The piston cylinder can run both 1/2” (up to 35 kbar) and 3/4” assemblies (up to 20 kbar).


Instructional videos about how to make BaCO3 (1/2” assembly) and NaCl (3/4” assembly) sleeves (credit: Abdullah Thabet Alghazal and Dhuwaihi Adnan Aldhuwaihi):

https://youtu.be/gEbyzdtM__0 - BaCO3 sleeves

https://youtu.be/j53o_avlU2U - NaCl sleeves