Equation of State measurements of hydrogen isotopes on Nova

Conference · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:16530

Collins, G. W., LLNL

High intensity lasers can be used to perform measurements of materials at extremely high pressures if certain experimental issues can be overcome. We have addressed those issues and used the Nova laser to shock-compress liquid deuterium and obtain measurements of density and pressure on the principal Hugoniot at pressures from 300 kbar to more than 2 Mbar. The data are compared with a number of equation of state models. The data indicate that the effect of molecular dissociation of the deuterium into a monatomic phase may have a significant impact on the equation of state near 1 Mbar.

• Sponsoring Organization: (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-Eng-48
• OSTI ID: 16530
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-129033; CONF-971103-; ON: DE98052002; BR: DP0211000; TRN: US200305%%72
• Resource Relation: Conference: Conference title not supplied, Conference location not supplied, Conference dates not supplied; Other Information: Supercedes report DE98052002; PBD: 01 Nov 1997; PBD: 1 Nov 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
DEUTERIUM
DISSOCIATION
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
LASERS