Multiple Anvil Device for Physical Property Measurements

该合同为仪器开发项目提供73%的费用，用于设计和建造一个高压实验系统，该系统能够在立方厘米大小的样品上同时施加高达20gpa和1600K的条件，并测量其物理特性，如电导率、粘度和密度。理大承诺为该项目提供所需的剩余资金。高压系统将在亚利桑那州立大学地质系开发和安装，并将用于研究地幔的地球物理特性。

This award provides 73% of the costs of an instrument development project to design and build a high-pressure experimental system capable of exerting simultaneous conditions up to 20 GPa and 1600K on cubic centimeter sized samples and measuring their physical properties such as electrical conductivity, viscosity, and density. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds necessary for this project. The high-pressure system will be developed and installed in the Department of Geology at Arizona State University and will be used in research investigating the geophysical properties of the Earth's mantle.