Silicone fluid as a high-pressure medium in diamond anvil cells

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 494-496

  Ragan, Deirdre D ^a   Clarke, David R ^a   Schiferl, David ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; LUBRICANTS-OILS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SILICONE;

EID: 0029674652     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1146627     Document Type: Article

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