Diamond-anvil high-pressure cell with improved X-ray collimation system
Abstract
An adjustable X-ray collimation system for a diamond-anvil high-pressure cell of the type including a cooperable piston and cylinder and a pair of opposing diamonds located between the head of the piston and the head of the cylinder. The X-ray collimation system includes a tubular insert which contains an X-ray collimator. The insert is engageable in the bore of the piston. The collimator is mounted within the insert by means of an elastomeric O-ring at the end closest the opposed diamonds, and by means of a set of adjustable set screws at the opposite end. By adjustment of the set screws the collimator can be pivoted about the O-ring and brought into alignment with the opposed diamonds and the sample contained therein. In the preferred embodiment there is further provided a set of plugs which are insertable in the bore of the collimator. The plugs have bores of different diameters. By successively inserting plugs of progressively smaller bore diameters and adjusting the alignment of the collimator with each plug, the collimator can be quickly brought into accurate alignment with the diamonds. The collimation system allows alignment of the collimator either before or after the cell has been loaded and pressurized.
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Santa Fe, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 865936
- Patent Number(s):
- 4602377
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21K - TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- diamond-anvil; high-pressure; cell; improved; x-ray; collimation; adjustable; type; including; cooperable; piston; cylinder; pair; opposing; diamonds; located; head; tubular; insert; contains; collimator; engageable; bore; mounted; means; elastomeric; o-ring; closest; opposed; set; screws; opposite; adjustment; pivoted; brought; alignment; sample; contained; therein; preferred; embodiment; provided; plugs; insertable; bores; diameters; successively; inserting; progressively; adjusting; plug; quickly; accurate; allows; loaded; pressurized; preferred embodiment; contained therein; set screw; x-ray collimation; tubular insert; high-pressure cell; pressure cell; diamond-anvil high-pressure; /378/976/
Citation Formats
Schiferl, David, Olinger, Barton W, and Livingston, Robert W. Diamond-anvil high-pressure cell with improved X-ray collimation system. United States: N. p., 1986.
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@article{osti_865936,
title = {Diamond-anvil high-pressure cell with improved X-ray collimation system},
author = {Schiferl, David and Olinger, Barton W and Livingston, Robert W},
abstractNote = {An adjustable X-ray collimation system for a diamond-anvil high-pressure cell of the type including a cooperable piston and cylinder and a pair of opposing diamonds located between the head of the piston and the head of the cylinder. The X-ray collimation system includes a tubular insert which contains an X-ray collimator. The insert is engageable in the bore of the piston. The collimator is mounted within the insert by means of an elastomeric O-ring at the end closest the opposed diamonds, and by means of a set of adjustable set screws at the opposite end. By adjustment of the set screws the collimator can be pivoted about the O-ring and brought into alignment with the opposed diamonds and the sample contained therein. In the preferred embodiment there is further provided a set of plugs which are insertable in the bore of the collimator. The plugs have bores of different diameters. By successively inserting plugs of progressively smaller bore diameters and adjusting the alignment of the collimator with each plug, the collimator can be quickly brought into accurate alignment with the diamonds. The collimation system allows alignment of the collimator either before or after the cell has been loaded and pressurized.},
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year = {1986},
month = {1}
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