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Toroidal diamond anvil cell for detailed measurements under extreme static pressures.

ABSTRACT: Over the past 60 years, the diamond anvil cell (DAC) has been developed into a widespread high static pressure device. The adaptation of laboratory and synchrotron analytical techniques to DAC enables a detailed exploration in the 100?GPa range. The strain of the anvils under high load explains the 400?GPa limit of the conventional DAC. Here we show a toroidal shape for a diamond anvil tip that enables to extend the DAC use toward the terapascal pressure range. The toroidal-DAC keeps the assets for a complete, reproducible, and accurate characterization of materials, from solids to gases. Raman signal from the diamond anvil or X-ray signal from the rhenium gasket allow measurement of pressure. Here, the equations of state of gold, aluminum, and argon are measured with X-ray diffraction. The data are compared with recent measurements under similar conditions by two other approaches, the double-stage DAC and the dynamic ramp compression.

SUBMITTER: Dewaele A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6060175 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

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Toroidal diamond anvil cell for detailed measurements under extreme static pressures.

Dewaele Agnès A Loubeyre Paul P Occelli Florent F Marie Olivier O Mezouar Mohamed M

Nature communications 20180725 1

Over the past 60 years, the diamond anvil cell (DAC) has been developed into a widespread high static pressure device. The adaptation of laboratory and synchrotron analytical techniques to DAC enables a detailed exploration in the 100 GPa range. The strain of the anvils under high load explains the 400 GPa limit of the conventional DAC. Here we show a toroidal shape for a diamond anvil tip that enables to extend the DAC use toward the terapascal pressure range. The toroidal-DAC keeps the assets ...[more]

PMID: 30046093

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