Low-compressibility of tungsten tetraboride: A high pressure X-ray diffraction study

High Pressure Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-282

  Liu, Chenji ^a   Peng, Fang ^a   Tan, Ning ^a   Liu, Jing ^b   Li, Fengjiao ^a   Qin, Jiaqian ^a,c   Wang, Jianghua ^a   Wang, Qiming ^a   He, Duanwei ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

equation of state; low compressibility; synchrotron X ray diffraction; tungsten tetraboride

Indexed keywords

BIRCH-MURNAGHAN EQUATION OF STATE; BULK MODULUS; COMPRESSION BEHAVIOR; DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; EQUATION OF STATE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH STIFFNESS; ISOTHERMAL BULK MODULUS; LOW-COMPRESSIBILITY; PRESSURE DERIVATIVES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICONE OIL; SUBMICRON-SIZED; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY DIFFRACTION; THIRD-ORDER; UNIT CELLS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

BORIDES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; ELASTIC MODULI; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; SILICONES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; TUNGSTEN; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

COMPRESSIBILITY;

EID: 79957464924     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957959.2011.582871     Document Type: Article

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