Synthetic diamonds produce pressure of 125 GPa (1.25 Mbar)

Arthur L. Ruoff, Samuel T. Weir, Keith E. Brister, Yogesh K. Vohra

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    Abstract

    Synthetic gray-blue diamonds were used as anvils in a diamond anvil cell to produce a pressure of 125 GPa (1.25 Mbar) in a gasketed sample. Pressure was measured by x-ray diffraction methods by using gold and iron as a calibrant and also by optical methods based on the shift of the fluorescence peaks of ruby with pressure. The future potential of synthetic diamonds for ultrapressure research is discussed.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)614-618
    Number of pages5
    JournalJournal of Materials Research
    Volume2
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Oct 1987

    Funding

    One of us (K.E.B.) thanks the NSF for support through the Cornell Materials Science Center. Another author (S.T.W.) thanks the Eastman Kodak Company for a fellowship. We are indebted to the General Electric Company for supplying the synthetic Type IIB diamond crystals used in this work and Robert C. deVries ofthe General Electric Research Laboratory for making the arrangements. We greatly appreciated the several helpful discussions with Robert C. deVries, Herbert M. Strong, Steven J. Duclos, and Serge Desgreniers. We thank the entire CHESS staff for their help.

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Mechanical Engineering

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