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BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Open Access Published by De Gruyter (O) January 28, 2014

X-ray crystallography of simple molecular solids up to megabar pressures: application to solid oxygen and carbon dioxide

  • Dr. Frédéric Datchi EMAIL logo and Dr. Gunnar Weck

Abstract

A review of recently developed methods to study the structural properties of simple molecular solids under pressures up to the megabar range using synchrotron X-ray diffraction techniques is presented. This includes the growth of single-crystals at high pressure and temperature conditions and the use of He as pressure-transmitting medium. The application of these methods to solid O2 and CO2 is then presented as illustrative examples, showing how they enabled to solve long-standing debates on the structure of the high-pressure crystalline phases of these compounds.

Received: 2013-06-03
Accepted: 2013-10-04
Published Online: 2014-01-28
Published in Print: 2014-03

© 2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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