Facilities
(As of May 7, 2009)
High-temperature, high-pressure apparatus
- 6-axis compression high-pressure apparatus, 6UHP-70
- KAWAI-type multi-anvil high-pressure apparatus, USSA-5000
- KAWAI-type multi-anvil high-pressure apparatus, USSA-1000
- Piston-cylinder apparatus
- Internally heated pressure vessel
- Cold-seal hydrothermal apparatus
- High-pressure and High-temperature apparatus for physical property measurements, UHP2000-20 (AMAGAEL)
- KAWAI-type high-pressure apparatus SPEED-Mk.II for insitu X-ray observation
- Gas mixing furnace
- Floating zone furnace for single crystal growth
- Externally heated DAC
- YAG Laser-heated DAC
X-ray analytical equipments
- Powder X-ray diffractometer
- Microfocused X-ray diffractometer with PSPC
- Microfocused X-ray diffractometer with imaging plate system
- Back-Laue Photography
- X-ray fluorescence spectrometer 3134P3 (CASTEM)
- Electron probe micro analyzer JXA-8800
- Scanning electron microscope JSM-T220A with EDS
- Scanning electron microscope S-3100H with EDS EMAX-7000(CASTEM)
Mass spectrometers
- Secondary ion mass spectrometer Cameca ims 5f (CASTEM)
- Sector-type inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer ELEMENT Finnigan Mat(CASTEM)
- Q-pole type inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers, PMS 2000 PML and Agilent 7500cs (CASTEM)
- Thermal ionization mass spectrometers (for Li, B, Sr, Ce, Nd and Pb isotope analyses) Finnigan MAT261and MAT262 (CASTEM)
- Thermal ionization mass spcectrometers with retarding potential quadrupole (for Th and Os isotope analysis) MAT262 RPQ (2sets)(CASTEM)
- High Sensitivity thermal ionization mass spectrometer Finnigan TRITON TI (CASTEM)
- Multi-collection inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers Finnigan NEPTUNE (CASTEM)
- Stable isotope ratio mass spectrometers
- Noble gas mass spectrometer VG5400 (CASTEM)
- High resolution secondary ion mass spectrometer Cameca ims 1270 (CASTEM)
Electromagnetic spectroscopy equipments
Computers (Servers)
Other instruments
- Ion chromatographs
- Preparation systems for extraction
- Ultrasonic reflectivity spectroscopy system
- Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy system
- Single crystal cutting and lapping system
- Drop calorimeter
- Infrared laser micro-machining system
- Utraviolet laser micro-machining system
- Impedance/gain-phase analyzer



