Rotating Multi-Anvil Press
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A Rotating Multi-Anvil Press constructed by Max Voggenreiter GmbH is installed in the high-pressure hall of the GFZ. The apparatus consists of an 800 tons hydraulic press and a Walker-type multi-anvil module. The whole apparatus is rotatable by 360° perpendicular to the press axis. Schmidt and Ulmer (2004) demonstrated that by rotation it is possible to overcome common fluid/solid or melt/solid separation during high-pressure experiments. The press covers the pressure range 3.0-23.0 GPa, corresponding to earth's depths of circa 100-650 km, thus allowing the study of geomaterial properties and geochemical processes at mantle conditions.
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- Schmidt, M. & Ullmer, P. (2004) A rocking multianvil: elimination of chemical segregation in fluid-saturated high-pressure experiments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68, 8, 1889-1899.
- Sieber, M. J., et al. (2022) Melting relations of Ca–Mg carbonates and trace element signature of carbonate melts up to 9 GPa – a proxy for melting of carbonated mantle lithologies. Eur. J. Mineral., 34, 411–4.
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