The Quantum Design Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) represents a unique concept in laboratory equipment. It is an open architecture, variable temperature-field system, designed to perform a variety of automated measurements. Use the PPMS with Quantum Design specially-designed measurement options, or easily adapt it to your own experiments. Sample environment controls include fields up to ±16 tesla and temperature range of 1.9 - 400 K. Its advanced expandable design combines many features (such as the options of Resistivity, Heat Capacity, Thermal Transport, Vibrating Sample Magnetometer) in one instrument to make the PPMS the most versatile system of its kind. The hallmarks of the PPMS are automation and ease of use. Researchers can quickly and easily configure the PPMS to perform different types of measurements. The PPMS is designed to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And n a matter of minutes you can install a measurement application, set up an automated sequence, and start collecting meaningful data.