High Pressure Experimental Methods [Hardcover]

Modern high pressure cells are compact pieces of experimental equipment used in investigating physical properties of materials under extreme conditions. This book surveys the apparatus available for high pressure studies. It examines pressure measurement techniques at extreme values and reviews experimental setups for studies involving the interaction of high pressures with low and high temperatures, magnetic fields, and shock waves. Topics covered include optical properties, infrared spectroscopy, electron spin and nuclear magnetic resonance. This comprehensive manual will be valuable to solid state chemists, geophysicists, and other experimental scientists working on properties of materials at very high pressure.

PART I: High Pressure Apparatus
1. Anvils
2. Large-volume anvils
3. Diamond anvil cells
4. Diamond-indenter cells
5. Shear-deformation cells
6. Hydrostatic cells
PART II: Pressure scales and the experimental environment
7. Pressure measurement
8. Shock waves
9. Low temperatures
10. High temperatures
PART III: Optical and magnetic studies at high pressure
11. Optical properties
12. Brillouin scattering
13. Raman scattering
14. Infrared spectroscopy
15. Magnetic studies under pressure
16. Electron and nuclear resonance: ESR and NMR spectroscopy

This book is a worthy addition to the literature....Anyone who wants just one text. . .should certainly choose this one. --Measurement Science and Technology