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diamond-anvil cell

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diamond-anvil cell

Device composed of two opposing cone-shaped diamonds that when squeezed together by a lever-arm exert extreme pressures. The high pressures result from applying force to the small areas of the opposing diamond faces (see pressure). The device is used to determine the properties of materials at pressures corresponding to those of planetary interiors. One discovery made with the diamond-anvil cell is MgSiO3-perovskite, thought to be the predominant mineral of Earth's lower mantle.



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and his colleagues loaded a microscopic sample of solid sodium into a diamond-anvil cell, a viselike device capable of generating extreme pressure.
Metal rebel: under extreme pressure, sodium breaks the rules for ... by Goho, A. / Science News
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High pressure x-ray crystallography with the diamond cell at NIST/NBS by Piermarini, Gasper J. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
First, they injected a small sample of nitrogen gas into a disk-shaped chamber inside a diamond-anvil cell.
Nitrogen power: new crystal packs a lot of punch by Goho, A. / Science News
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