High-pressure phase transformation of corundum (α-Al2O3) observed under shock compression

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2021-2024

  Mashimo, T ^a   Tsumoto, K ^a   Nakamura, K ^a   Noguchi, Y ^b   Fukuoka, K ^b   Syono, Y ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; HIGH PRESSURE; PHASE TRANSITION; SHOCK WAVE;

ALUMINA; CORUNDUM; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION TESTING; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS IN SOLIDS; MINERALOGY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; HIGH PRESSURE PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; SHOCK COMPRESSIONS; STATIC COMPRESSION; TRANSITION PRESSURE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE;

ALUMINUM; CORUNDUM;

DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; SHOCK COMPRESSION; STATIC COMPRESSION;

EID: 0034352746     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL008490     Document Type: Article

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