Disassembled Diamond Anvil Cell (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Disassembled Diamond Anvil Cell

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A disassembled diamond anvil cell. Each half contains a tiny diamond housed in stainless steel. Samples are placed between the diamond tips; then the cell is closed and the tips squeezed together by tightening screws. This small device can generate pressures in the gigapascal range -- 10,000 times the atmospheric pressure at the Earth's surface.

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Dawn Harmer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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