High Pressure Complutense Laboratory (LABCOAP) has got the synthesis or material treatment in extreme conditions of both pressure (up to 100 Kbars) and temperature (up to 1400 ºC). It es  managed gestionado by an expert technician (in  Chemistry Doctor ) under supervision of a Universtity Professor. In this lab, the following equipments can be used:

 

*  The experiments, in practic, can be designed in all wayd taking into account the security limits and time in use. Also, we can change the atmosphere adding different reacts for filling process in glove box (innert with argon, oxidizing adding KClO₃ and reducting adding hydrides).

 The main features of equipments are listed in the table below: se resumen en la siguiente tabla:

 

Equipment	Maximun pressure	Maximun temperature	Quantity	Crucible type
BELT-chamber 1	80 Kbar	1500 ºC	150 mg	Au, Pt, Cu,  Ta, Stain
BELT-chamber 2	40 Kbar	ídem	400 mg	ídem
CONAC-chamber 1	55 Kbar	ídem	3 g.	Ídem
CONAC-chamber 2 CONAC-chamber 3	75 Kbar 100 Kbar	ídem idem	1 g. 100 mg	ídem idem
PISTON-CYLINDER	30 Kbar	1400 ºC	3 g.	Au
HYDROTHERMAL-1	2,5  Kbar	700 ºC	2 g.	Au, quartz
HYDROTHERMAL-2	50 bar	220 ºC	20 g	Teflon

 

    Other apparatous:

 

 * Furnace of controlled atmosphere, with quartz tube and vaccum system (<0.001 mbar) used to prepair precursor in the high pressure synthesis, when a special treatment is needed. For example, oxygen, innert or vaccum atmosfere. These new mixtures can be taken to glove box to avoid air contact.

 

* Stove for treatment of samples or hydrothermal synthesis in autoclave ap to 220 ºC. It works in the 25-300 ± 1 ºC range.

 

* Ball mill with a maximun frecuency of 30 s-1. Maximum quantity of  20 g. It has two containers made of WC. It can work under argon atmosphere.

 

       All equipments are automiatized.