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I don't understand, and if you could illuminate it would be very helpful, how are such pressures achieved and maintained even for the shortest time without dest
by _a_a_a_ 4y ago
I don't understand, and if you could illuminate it would be very helpful, how are such pressures achieved and maintained even for the shortest time without destroying the apparatus that holds it?
- jjk166 4y agoThese are generally done with diamond anvils which concentrate force on an extremely small area.
- _a_a_a_ 4y agoI understand that but it sort of dodges the issue that such enormous pressures must exceed the strength of any material, however small that pressure is contained in.
- jjk166 4y agoThe compressive strength of typical diamond is about 470 GPa, so no this is very well within the strength of the material. The current record for highest compression achieved in a lab is 770 GPa using a special form of diamond.
- _a_a_a_ 4y agoNote to silent downvoters, this is what an answer looks like. (Thanks jjk166)
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- scythe 4y agoWikipedia provides a nice overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_anvil_cell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_anvil_cell Contra the diagram, I don't believe the diamonds in a real anvil are faceted.
- crangos 4y agoAccording to the wikipedia article you link, they are usually faceted with 16 faces (under "Force Generating Device")