High pressure research at CHESS

Keith Brister*

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    Abstract

    Since February 1990 there has been a dedicated high pressure line at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS). This facility provides X-ray instrumentation for energy dispersive X-ray diffraction and Laue diffraction using diamond anvil cells. Both hard-bend magnet and wiggler radiation are available as well as focused monochromatic radiation. In addition, support instrumentation is also available: a ruby system, laser heating, sample loading, and data analysis software. Experienced users need only to bring there diamond anvil cells and samples and can leave with the initial data analysis finished. Research using diamond anvil cells will be introduced and the facility will be described. Some of the diamond anvil cell research done at CHESS will be reviewed, including crystalline to amorphous transitions (R.R. Winters et al., J. Chem. Phys, in press), properties of C60 under stress (S.J. Duclos et al., Nature 351 (1991) 380), deep earthquakes (T.C. Wu et al., submitted to J. Geophys. Res.), and reaching pressures of the center of Earth (A.L. Ruoff et al., Rev. Sci. Instr. 61 (1990) 3830).

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)333-339
    Number of pages7
    JournalNuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
    Volume319
    Issue number1-3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Aug 1 1992

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
    • Instrumentation

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