Hydrothermal Diamond-Anvil Cell

This site illustrates several versions of the hydrothermal diamond anvil cell (HDAC) and includes abstracts of papers describing its applications.

1. HDAC

    A. Diagrams

        1. HDAC-2 Assembled
        2. HDAC-3 Assembled
        2. Detailed
        3. Laser system for HDAC

    B. Descriptions

    C. Instructions

2. Equation of state (EOS) of water

    A. Diagrams

        1. EOS of water
        2. Typical sample
        3. Temperature-pressure cycle

    B. Descriptions

3. XAFS in the HDAC

    A. Illustrations

        1. Holy diamond anvil cell on synchrotron x-ray beam
        2. Photo of the holy diamond anvil cell
        3. X-ray transparancy at 7 keV

    B. Descriptions

4.    Other Diamond Anvil Cells

        1.  Merrill-Bassett cell  for single crystal X-ray diffraction seen on a goniometer head
        2.  XP-DAC for study of elastic strain in cross-axial diffraction geometry

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