A practical review of the laser-heated diamond anvil cell for university laboratories and synchrotron applications

S Anzellini, S Boccato - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the past couple of decades, the laser-heated diamond anvil cell (combined with in situ
techniques) has become an extensively used tool for studying pressure-temperature …

Evidence and stability field of fcc superionic water ice using static compression

G Weck, JA Queyroux, S Ninet, F Datchi, M Mezouar… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Structural transformation of hot dense water ice is investigated by combining synchrotron x-
ray diffraction and a laser-heating diamond anvil cell above 25 GPa. A transition from the …

Melting curve and isostructural solid transition in superionic ice

JA Queyroux, JA Hernandez, G Weck, S Ninet… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
The phase diagram and melting curve of water ice is investigated up to 45 GPa and 1600 K
by synchrotron x-ray diffraction in the resistively and laser heated diamond anvil cell. Our …

Metallization of shock-compressed liquid ammonia

A Ravasio, M Bethkenhagen, JA Hernandez… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Ammonia is predicted to be one of the major components in the depths of the ice giant
planets Uranus and Neptune. Their dynamics, evolution, and interior structure are …

Melting curve of superionic ammonia at planetary interior conditions

JA Hernandez, M Bethkenhagen, S Ninet, M French… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Under high pressures and temperatures, molecular systems with substantial polarization
charges, such as ammonia and water, are predicted to form superionic phases and dense …

A reference equation of state with an associating term for the thermodynamic properties of ammonia

K Gao, J Wu, IH Bell, AH Harvey… - Journal of Physical and …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Fluid ammonia is highly associated because of strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding.
This causes different behavior of thermophysical properties from nonpolar fluids, as …

Fluid-like elastic response of superionic NH3 in Uranus and Neptune

T Kimura, M Murakami - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Nondipolar magnetic fields exhibited at Uranus and Neptune may be derived from a unique
geometry of their icy mantle with a thin convective layer on top of a stratified nonconvective …

Failure analysis of FeCrAl heating coils exposed to a high-temperature, high-pressure ammonia environment

N Laws, E Sarabia, F Campuzano… - Engineering Failure …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work presents an investigation into the premature failure of FeCrAl heating coils after 48
h of continuous exposure to a high-pressure (12 bar) and high-temperature (700° C) …

Melting curve and transport properties of ammonia ice up to the deep mantle conditions of Uranus and Neptune

ZQ Wang, JJ Tan, XR Chen, ZX Yan, W Liu, YX Wang… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Motivated by the poor knowledge of the implication of planetary ice on the internal
convection and anomalous magnetic field of ice giants, we perform extensive first-principles …

Optical and electronic solutions for power stabilization of CO2 lasers

C Childs, W O'Donnell, PB Ellison… - Review of Scientific …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
High pressure–temperature conditions can be readily achieved through the laser-heated
diamond anvil cell (LH-DAC). A stable laser source is required for reliable in situ …