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 language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 614-618 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Research |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 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