Abstract
We report accurate measurements of the equation of state of diamond and neon, measured by x-ray diffraction in a resistively heated diamond-anvil cell. The atomic volume of single crystals of diamond embedded in neon pressure-transmitting medium has been measured between 0 and and from . The atomic volume of neon is reported in the same range and also up to at room temperature. The crystal structure of neon remains face-centered cubic over the domain of investigation. We show that a Mie–Grüneisen–Debye formalism reproduces very well the present data for neon as well as low pressure–low temperature data available in the literature. This makes neon a well calibrated x-ray pressure gauge, suitable for high pressure–high temperature studies. The thermal behavior of diamond is more complex and cannot be completely described by a Mie–Grüneisen–Debye model. Its thermal expansion decreases faster with increasing pressure than the predictions of simple thermodynamic models.
- Received 5 December 2007
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.094106
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