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I. High-pressure apparatus

• 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
• 5 piston-cylinder presses (4 GPa, 2100 K)
• Cold-seal vessels (700 MPa, 1100 K, H₂O), TZM vessels (300 MPa, 1400 K, gas), rapid-quench device
• Internally-heated autoclave (1 GPa, 1600 K)
• High-pressure gas loading apparatus for DAC

II. Structural and chemical analysis

• 1 X-ray powder micro-diffractometer
• 1 X-ray powder diffractometer with furnace and cryostat
• 2 automated single-crystal X-ray diffractometers
• High-brilliance X-ray system
• Single crystal X-ray diffraction with super-bright source
• 1 Mössbauer spectrometer (1.5 - 1300 K)
• 3 Mössbauer microspectrometers
• 2 FTIR spectrometers with IR microscope
• FEG transmission electron microscope (TEM), 200 kV analytical, with EDS
• FEG scanning TEM, 80-200 kV analytical, with 4-SDDs EDS and post-column energy filter (EFTEM/EELS)
• FEG scanning electron microscope (SEM) with BSE detector, EDS, EBSD and CL
• Dual beam device, focused ion beam (FIB) and FEG SEM. In situ easy-lift manipulator, STEM, EDS and EBSD detectors, and beam deceleration option
• 3 Micro-Raman spectrometers with ultraviolet and visible lasers
• Tandem-multipass Fabry-Perot interferometer for Brillouin scattering spectroscopy
• JEOL JXA-8200 electron microprobe; fully-automated with 14 crystals, 5 spectrometer configuration, EDX, capability for light elements
• 193 nm Excimer Laser-Ablation ICP-MS
• ESI NWRGEO 500 Hz 193 nm Excimer Laser Ablation system
• Water content determination by Karl-Fischer titration
• GC/MS-MS for organic analyses
• Confocal 3D surface measurement system
• 1.4 Tesla sweepable ESR magnet
• Solid state 300 MHz NMR spectrometer
• Thermo Scientific iCAP triple quadrupole ICPMS for solution or in-situ LA- isotopic analysis
• Thermo Scientific Neoma MS/MS multi-collector ICPMS for solution or in-situ LA- isotopic analysis

III. In situ determination of properties

• Diamond anvil cells for powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction, Mössbauer, IR, Raman, optical spectroscopy, NMR specroscopy, electrical resistivity measurements over 200 GPa
• Facility for in situ hydrothermal studies in DAC
• Externally heated DACs for in situ studies at pressures to 100 GPa and 1200 K
• 1-atm furnaces to 1950 K, gas mixing to 1600 K, zirconia fO₂ probes
• 1-atm high-temperature creep apparatus
• Gigahertz ultrasonic interferometer with interface to resistance-heated diamond-anvil cells
• Freezing-heating stage for fluid inclusion studies
• Impedance/gain-phase analyser for electrical conductivity studies
• Apparatus for in situ measurements of thermal diffusivity at high P and T
• Laser-heating facility for DAC
• Portable pulsed laser heating system for DAC

The Geoinstitut is provided with well equipped machine shops, an electronic workshop and sample preparation laboratories. It has access to supercomputing resources at the University and Leibniz computer centres.

The Geoinstitut welcomes applications for visiting scientist positions. The duration of such positions can range from two weeks up to two years or more. Longer-term appointments are usually for 2.5 years with the possibility of extension up to a maximum of five years total. Applications may be submitted at any time to the Director, at the address given below, and should consist of a curriculum vitae, list of publications, a short statement of research interests and details of three referees.

Other fellowships including AvH, DAAD, DFG, EU can be utilized at the Geoinstitut. The institute may give assistance in applications for such funding.

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