TS1400XY

Temperature and environmental control from ambient to 1400°C with XY sample manipulators

The TS1400XY stage has been designed specifically for geologists and metallurgists. It offers a high-speed quench cooling feature to enable the user to quickly transfer the sample to a cold quenching post. Cooling rates of up to 240°C per second can be achieved. The ceramic heater surrounds the sample keeping the heat localised to the sample.

The stage is controlled by Linkam’s temperature controller and delivers a temperature range from ambient to 1400°C within a gas tight body and can heat samples at a rate of up to 200°C/min. The sample is mounted onto a sapphire sample slide and can be manipulated within the ceramic heater by 6mm in the X and Y axis.

A publication by Rosario Esposito* and his colleagues at Virigina Tech has demonstrated how this instrument can be used to investigate the behaviour of melt inclusions up to 1360°C

 *Esposito, R., Klebesz. R., Bartoli. O., Klyukin, Y.I., Moncada D. & Doherty A. L., Bodnar, R.J. (accepted). . Central European Journal of Geosciences, ECROFI XXI Special Vol. DOI: 10.2478/s13533-011-0054-y