Laboratory
Vacuum Furnaces with Metal Heaters
Two high-vacuum furnaces with tungsten-mesh heaters, A tungsten-mesh high-vacuum furnace with a hydrogen flow system — Evaporation and condensation of minerals / Isotopic fractionation during evaporation from silicate melts / Formation processes of chondritic components
Vacuum Furnaces with External Heating Elements
A high-vacuum gold-image furnace with a gas flow system (e.g., H2-H2O), Three gold-mirror high-vacuum furnaces with gas flow systems, A vacuum gold-image furnace — Evaporation and vapor growth of minerals / Gas-solid-melt reaction / Crystallization, hydration, and isotopic exchange of amorphous silicates / Formation processes of chondritic components
Low-Temperathre Photolysis Apparatus
A low-temperathre photolysis apparatus with a heater and a high-resolution qudrupole mass spectrometer, Photochemistry in Interstellar Cloud for Astro-Chronicle in Hokkaido University (PICACHU) — Formation and evolution of ice and organic materials
One-atmosphere Furnaces and Ovens
A high-temperature furnace with molybdenum disilicide heating elements (up to 1,600°C), muffle furnaces (up to 1,250–1,000°C) — Synthesis of minerals and glasses / Experiments with evacuated/sealed glass tubes / Formation processes of chondritic components
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer
Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer with an ATR system — Sample characterization / Quantitative analysis of reaction degrees