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HIGH PRESSURE RESEARCH
Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 391-396Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08957950412331323924
Keywords
diamond anvils; high pressure; x-ray diffraction
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New diamond anvils with conical support are introduced. Compared to conventional anvils the new design offers superior alignment stability, larger aperture, and reduced cost owing to significantly smaller anvil diameters. Except for table and culet, all surfaces are precision ground on a lathe, which lowers cost compared to faceted anvils. The conical design allows for steel supports, which are significantly easier and cheaper to manufacture than tungsten carbide supports. Conical support also prevents seat damage upon diamond failure. An additional new feature of the anvils is the roughened outer portion of the culet, which increases friction between the anvils and the gasket. This increases the height to diameter ratio of the pressure cell and prevents bonding between gasket and diamond, which causes ring cracks during pressure release. This technique replaces complicated diamond coating procedures. The anvils have been extensively tested for culets ranging from 0.1 to 1 mm diameter up to megabar pressures. A new anvil shape with cup-shaped culets to further increase the cell volume and gasket stability is also introduced.
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