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Title: Equation of state of rhenium and application for ultra high pressure calibration

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4863300· OSTI ID:22275647
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  1. CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon (France)
  2. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex (France)

The isothermal equation of state of rhenium has been measured by powder X-ray diffraction experiments up to 144 GPa at room temperature in a diamond anvil cell. A helium pressure transmitting medium was used to minimize the non-hydrostatic stress on the sample. The fit of pressure-volume data yields a bulk modulus K{sub 0} = 352.6 GPa and a pressure derivative of the bulk modulus K′{sub 0}=4.56. This equation of state differs significantly from a recent determination [Dubrovinsky et al., Nat. Commun. 3, 1163 (2012)], giving here a lower pressure at a given volume. The possibility of using rhenium gasket X-ray diffraction signal, with the present equation of state, to evaluate multi-Mbar pressures in the chamber of diamond anvil cells is discussed.

OSTI ID:
22275647
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English