Energy Dispersive Diffraction in a Diamond Anvil High Pressure Cell Using Synchrotron and Conventional X-Radiation

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A wide range of structural studies have been carried out in high pressure diamond anvil cells using x-rays. The most common experimental geometry is shown in Fig. 1a. The incident x-ray beam passes axially through the first diamond and enters the sample, typically 100-300 μm in diameter and 20-100 μm thick; the diffracted x-rays exit via the second diamond. Energy-dispersive detection techniques (EDXRD) have been used. However the intensity of diffracted radiation from the sample is weak, so that typical exposure times with a conventional, fixed anode, x-ray source are typically one to several days.Accordingly, higher intensity radiation from synchrotron sources has been used for these experiments.