We have just powered up our heating system for the first time – all systems are running and nothing holds us back from exploring a broad P-T space!
The first acoustic sensor arrived
Today, we had a visit from Ben Holtzman who was listening to the rig hence becoming the first acoustic sensor to arrive in the lab.
Testing, testing…
Today, we have reached 1 GPa confining pressure for the first time! The maximum pressure we can reach with our current pressure vessel is ~2.5 GPa, which corresponds to about 80 km depth on our planet Earth.
Hamed arrived!
Today we have the great pleasure to introduce Hamed O. Ghaffari to our lab – Hamed is an expert in acoustic emission monitoring and will help us to listen and excite rocks during deformation – Welcome!
Tri-axial press move in
The tri-axial press arrives in front of EAPS…
…and it is in the lab…
…carefully assemble the pieces…
…all looks good, Thibaut assembled everything with great precision…
The lab is still under construction but the press is installed and tested – soon it will be fully operational and we can start squeezing some rocks!