Diamond-anvil cell (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

Diamond-anvil cell

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A metal sample is placed inside a rhenium gasket with thermal insulators, squeezed between two diamonds to generate high pressure, and heated with a near-infrared laser. Density measurements under such high-pressure and high-temperature conditions are made by irradiating the sample with x-ray beams.

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Assistant Professor Yoichi Nakajima

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