The ABCs Of High-Pressure Science

Contents\nPreface\nAbout the Author\nA\n	AIRAPT\n	Akimotoite\n	Amagat\n	Amorphization at High-Pressure\n	Amorphous Carbon\n	Andrews\n	Anti-extrusion Ring\n	Argon\n	Atmosphere\n	Atomic Bomb\n	Autoclave\n	Autofrettage\nB\n	Bar\n	Belt\n	Bernal\n	Beryllium Bronze\n	Birch\n	Booster\n	Borazon (BN)\n	Boron (B)\n	Boron Nitride (BN)\n	Bourdon Manometer\n	Boyle\n	Bridgman\n	Bridgman Anvils, Lentils, Toroid\n	Bridgman Gold Medal\n	Bridgmanite\nC\n	Calibration\n	Carbin\n	Chao\n	Check Valve\n	Chemical Transformations\n	Coesite\n	Compressor\n	Compressor Membranic\n	Crater\n	Critical Point\n	Cylinder–Piston\nD\n	Daphne Oil\n	De Broglie’s Thermal Wavelength\n	Deadweight Pressure Gauge\n	Deformation\n	Density Functional Theory (DFT)\n	Deuterium (D2)\n	Diamond\n	Diamond Anvils\n	Diamond High-Pressure Scale\n	Diamond Superconducting\n	Dilatometer\n	Drickamer\n	Dynamic Pressure\nE\n	Earth’s Core\n	Earth’s Mantle\n	Elasticity\n	Electrical Leads\n	Elements of High-Pressure Installations\n	Equation of State\n	European High-Pressure Research Group (EHPRG)\nF\n	Finite Elements Method\n	Fluorinert\n	Friction\nG\n	Gas Charging Diamond Anvils\n	Gasket\n	Gigapascal\n	Girdle\n	Gordon Conferences on High-Pressure\n	Graphene\n	Graphite\nH\n	Hall\n	Hard Alloys\n	Heat Treatment\n	Helium\n	High-Pressure Enclosure\n	High-Pressure Installation (Hydrostatic)\n	High-Pressure Installation (Solid Medium Transmitting Pressure)\n	High-Pressure Tubing\n	Hugoniot\n	Hydrides\n	Hydrogen\n	Hydrothermal Process\n	Hysteresis\nI\n	Ice Bomb\n	Indium\n	Inert Gases and Their Compounds\n	Institute for High-Pressure Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (HPPI)\n	Intensifier\n	Iron\n	Iron Oxide Fe2O3\n	Isostructural Phase Transitions\n	Isotopic Effects\nJ\n	Jamieson\n	Jamieson Award\nK\n	Kennedy\nL\n	Lasers and Dynamic Pressure\n	Lentil\n	Liquid Crystals\n	Liquid Media Transmitting Pressure\n	Lithographic Stone\n	Lonsdaleite\n	Low-Temperature Technique\nM\n	Manganin\n	Manganin Gauge\n	Marriott\n	Maximum on the Melting Curve\n	Measurement of High-Pressures\n	Measurement of Physical Quantities at High-Pressures\n	Melting\n	Membrane Diamond Cell\n	MgO — High-Pressure Scale\n	Mica\n	Molecular Dynamics\n	Monte-Carlo Method\n	Multi-anvil Installations\n	Mushroom Seal\nN\n	Nanodiamonds\n	Nitrogen\nO\n	O-ring\n	Obturator\n	Olivine\n	Olivine–Spinel Transition\nP\n	Paronite\n	Perovskite\n	Phase Diagram\n	Phase Transitions\n	Piezometer\n	Piston\n	Press Hydraulic\n	Pressure — Definition and Units\n	Pressure in Nature\n	Pump\n	Pyrophyllite\nQ\n	Quantum Critical Point\n	Quantum Phase Transitions\n	Quartz\n	Quenching\nR\n	Receiver\n	Rhenium\n	Ringwood\n	Ringwoodite\n	Ruby Gauge\nS\n	Safety\n	Salt (NaCl)\n	Seal\n	Separator\n	Silica\n	Silver Chloride (AgCl)\n	Steel and Alloys\n	Stishovite\n	Strength\n	Strength Calculations of the Elements of High-Pressure Devices\n	Structural Phase Transitions\n	Support of Pressure Vessels\nT\n	Talc\n	Teflon\n	Temperature Control\n	Temperature Measurement\n	Texture\n	Toroid\n	Tricritical Point\nV\n	Valve\n	Van der Waals\n	Van Valkenburg Prize\n	Viscosity\n	Von Platen\nW\n	Water\n	White Dwarfs\n	Windows for Hard Radiation\n	Windows Optical\nConclusion\nIndex