EPIC is a state of the art lab for the petrologic investigation of natural and experimental igneous rocks under the direction of Prof. Christy Till.
Our experimental facilities feature two Kennedy style and one Boyd & England style end-loaded piston cylinders for studies up to 4 GPa & 2000°C. The pressure vessels for these apparatus range are equipped for piston sizes from 0.5 to 1 inch OD. Our lab is also equipped with a gas mixing furnace for 1 atm experiments.
EPIC Lab facilities include:
More detailed explanations of these apparatus can be found here.
Also check out this article on some of the exciting research topics in Experimental Petrology, many of which we explore in EPIC.
Laboratory Experiments & Analysis: If you are interested in using our facilities in your research effort, we are happy to discuss potential collaborations and applications with you. Please send Prof. Till an email.
Our experimental facilities feature two Kennedy style and one Boyd & England style end-loaded piston cylinders for studies up to 4 GPa & 2000°C. The pressure vessels for these apparatus range are equipped for piston sizes from 0.5 to 1 inch OD. Our lab is also equipped with a gas mixing furnace for 1 atm experiments.
EPIC Lab facilities include:
- Two Kennedy-style end loaded piston cylinders with automated temperature controllers
- One Boyd-England-style Rockland Research 250 ton piston cylinder with automated pressure and temperature controllers
- 10 ton Press for experimental capsule extraction
- One Atmosphere Gas Mixing Furnace
- Lampert TIG welder
- Two Nikon SMZ18 Stereomicroscopes (one with Camera)
- Nikon LV100 Petrographic Microscope with Camera equipped with objectives from 2.5-50x and Wollaston prisms for Nomarski imaging
- Buehler & Struers Low Speed Saws
- Well brand Wire Saw with Diamond Wire (cuts with water)
- Struers LaboSystem Automated Polisher (LaboPol-5 base and LaboForce-1 three position sample holder)
More detailed explanations of these apparatus can be found here.
Also check out this article on some of the exciting research topics in Experimental Petrology, many of which we explore in EPIC.
Laboratory Experiments & Analysis: If you are interested in using our facilities in your research effort, we are happy to discuss potential collaborations and applications with you. Please send Prof. Till an email.
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You can take a short tour of our lab here!
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Collaborating ASU Experimental Labs
EPIC collaborates with the other high pressure laboratories listed below in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and at Arizona State University to facilitate experiments at pressure-temperature conditions covering the range from Earth's surface to the core-mantle boundary.
Internally Heated Pressure Vessel Facility
Gas Vessel Experimental Equipment for conditions up < 1 GPa and 1400°C
PIs: Kurt Leinenweber, Kurt Roggensack, Christy Till, Sarah Cichy
CLAS High Pressure Facility
Multi-Anvil (<25 GPa) & Quick Press Facility (<3.5 GPa)
PIs: Kurt Leinenweber & Kurt Roggensack
Laboratory for Earth and Planetary Materials
Diamond Anvil Cells (1- 10e6 bars) with Laser Heating (<5000 K)
PI: Dan Shim
EPIC collaborates with the other high pressure laboratories listed below in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and at Arizona State University to facilitate experiments at pressure-temperature conditions covering the range from Earth's surface to the core-mantle boundary.
Internally Heated Pressure Vessel Facility
Gas Vessel Experimental Equipment for conditions up < 1 GPa and 1400°C
PIs: Kurt Leinenweber, Kurt Roggensack, Christy Till, Sarah Cichy
CLAS High Pressure Facility
Multi-Anvil (<25 GPa) & Quick Press Facility (<3.5 GPa)
PIs: Kurt Leinenweber & Kurt Roggensack
Laboratory for Earth and Planetary Materials
Diamond Anvil Cells (1- 10e6 bars) with Laser Heating (<5000 K)
PI: Dan Shim
Analytical Facilities
EPIC works with the facilities listed below at ASU to facilitate in-situ chemical and isotopic analyses of our experimental and natural samples down to the sub-micron scale.
NSF SIMS + NanoSIMS facility
LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science (including FeG Electron Microprobe, SEM, TEM and more)
Noble Gas Geochronology and Geochemistry Laboratories (NG3L)
The Isotope Cosmochemistry and Geochronology Laboratory in the Center for Meteorite Studies
The Keck Lab
EPIC works with the facilities listed below at ASU to facilitate in-situ chemical and isotopic analyses of our experimental and natural samples down to the sub-micron scale.
NSF SIMS + NanoSIMS facility
LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science (including FeG Electron Microprobe, SEM, TEM and more)
Noble Gas Geochronology and Geochemistry Laboratories (NG3L)
The Isotope Cosmochemistry and Geochronology Laboratory in the Center for Meteorite Studies
The Keck Lab