The ABCs Of High-Pressure Science

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Written by the famous High-Pressure scientist of the Russian Academy of Sciences, The ABCs of High-Pressure Science contains brief information explaining the terms and concepts adopted by professionals involved in research in the field of high pressure, be it physics, geology, chemistry, or technology. The book also includes brief biographical essays describing activities of the outstanding scientists who largely determined the current state of high-pressure science. The book is organized in the form of short chapters or notes in alphabetical order, so a search of the necessary information is not difficult. The ABCs is intended for young scientists, graduate students, and students; nevertheless, well-established scientists can also find useful information here. Finally, The ABCs of High-Pressure Science is not a reference book and is designed to ensure that the reader can easily find the needed information from the Internet. Contents Preface About the Author A AIRAPT Akimotoite Amagat Amorphization at High-Pressure Amorphous Carbon Andrews Anti-extrusion Ring Argon Atmosphere Atomic Bomb Autoclave Autofrettage B Bar Belt Bernal Beryllium Bronze Birch Booster Borazon (BN) Boron (B) Boron Nitride (BN) Bourdon Manometer Boyle Bridgman Bridgman Anvils, Lentils, Toroid Bridgman Gold Medal Bridgmanite C Calibration Carbin Chao Check Valve Chemical Transformations Coesite Compressor Compressor Membranic Crater Critical Point Cylinder–Piston D Daphne Oil De Broglie’s Thermal Wavelength Deadweight Pressure Gauge Deformation Density Functional Theory (DFT) Deuterium (D2) Diamond Diamond Anvils Diamond High-Pressure Scale Diamond Superconducting Dilatometer Drickamer Dynamic Pressure E Earth’s Core Earth’s Mantle Elasticity Electrical Leads Elements of High-Pressure Installations Equation of State European High-Pressure Research Group (EHPRG) F Finite Elements Method Fluorinert Friction G Gas Charging Diamond Anvils Gasket Gigapascal Girdle Gordon Conferences on High-Pressure Graphene Graphite H Hall Hard Alloys Heat Treatment Helium High-Pressure Enclosure High-Pressure Installation (Hydrostatic) High-Pressure Installation (Solid Medium Transmitting Pressure) High-Pressure Tubing Hugoniot Hydrides Hydrogen Hydrothermal Process Hysteresis I Ice Bomb Indium Inert Gases and Their Compounds Institute for High-Pressure Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (HPPI) Intensifier Iron Iron Oxide Fe2O3 Isostructural Phase Transitions Isotopic Effects J Jamieson Jamieson Award K Kennedy L Lasers and Dynamic Pressure Lentil Liquid Crystals Liquid Media Transmitting Pressure Lithographic Stone Lonsdaleite Low-Temperature Technique M Manganin Manganin Gauge Marriott Maximum on the Melting Curve Measurement of High-Pressures Measurement of Physical Quantities at High-Pressures Melting Membrane Diamond Cell MgO — High-Pressure Scale Mica Molecular Dynamics Monte-Carlo Method Multi-anvil Installations Mushroom Seal N Nanodiamonds Nitrogen O O-ring Obturator Olivine Olivine–Spinel Transition P Paronite Perovskite Phase Diagram Phase Transitions Piezometer Piston Press Hydraulic Pressure — Definition and Units Pressure in Nature Pump Pyrophyllite Q Quantum Critical Point Quantum Phase Transitions Quartz Quenching R Receiver Rhenium Ringwood Ringwoodite Ruby Gauge S Safety Salt (NaCl) Seal Separator Silica Silver Chloride (AgCl) Steel and Alloys Stishovite Strength Strength Calculations of the Elements of High-Pressure Devices Structural Phase Transitions Support of Pressure Vessels T Talc Teflon Temperature Control Temperature Measurement Texture Toroid Tricritical Point V Valve Van der Waals Van Valkenburg Prize Viscosity Von Platen W Water White Dwarfs Windows for Hard Radiation Windows Optical Conclusion Index