Abstract
Diamond and gold powders were compressed nonhydrostatically in a diamond anvil cell and examined by x-ray diffraction using a radial geometry to evaluate the evolution of stresses and strains in these materials to ultrahigh pressure. We found that near isostrain continuity developed across diamond and gold grains under uniaxial compression. The observed mean pressure of diamond powder reached to 360(40) GPa while it was only 31(1) GPa for the polycrystalline gold under the highest load. Polycrystalline diamond can support a microscopic deviatoric stress of 160(18) GPa at about 360 GPa. Due to the deformation of the diamond anvil culet, the macroscopic differential stress of the diamond sample was limited to about 43(8) GPa. There is no evidence that the diamond grains have yielded in our experimental pressure range.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 063521 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
Volume | 108 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 15 2010 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy