High-Pressure Apparatus


The following major equipment is available at the Bayerisches Geoinstitut:

  • 15 MN/1500 tonne Kawai-type multianvil high-pressure apparatus (40 GPa, 2000 K)
  • 6 x 8 MN/6x800 tonne independently acting-anvil press (25 GPa, 3000 K)
  • 50 MN/5000 tonne multianvil press (25 GPa, 3000 K)
  • 12 MN/1200 tonne multianvil press (25 GPa, 3000 K)
  • 10 MN/1000 tonne multianvil press (25 GPa, 3000 K)
  • 5 MN/500 tonne multianvil press (20 GPa, 3000 K)
  • 5 MN/500 tonne press with a deformation DIA apparatus
  • 4 piston-cylinder presses (4 GPa, 2100 K)
  • Cold-seal vessels (700 MPa, 1100 K, H2O), TZM vessels (300 MPa, 1400 K, gas), rapidquench device
  • Internally-heated autoclave (1 GPa, 1600 K)
  • High-pressure gas loading apparatus for DAC