Sentences with phrase «into diamond anvil cells»

To simulate the extreme subterranean environment, Fiquet and colleagues put samples of typical mantle materials — magnesium oxides, iron, and silicon — into diamond anvil cells, small chambers in which microscopic samples get crushed between two diamonds.

Not exact matches

Using diamond anvil cells (DAC), the team applied 2.5 GPa of pressure (25 thousand atmospheres) to pre-compress water into the room - temperature ice VII, a cubic crystalline form that is different from «ice - cube» hexagonal ice, in addition to being 60 percent denser than water at ambient pressure and temperature.