High-pressure technique to study materials under high-pressures and temperatures
(Anton F. Shatskiy)
The course is devoted to experimental techniques for generation of static high-pressure and
high-temperature (HPHT) conditions using solid-state apparatuses. We discuss the history of
the equipment technical development, most popular apparatuses and recent advance in the
improvement of HPHT technique. Then, we present details of material synthesis and single
crystal growth using HPHT apparatuses. We also review experimental procedures to study
phase relations, chemical kinetics, P-V-T equation of states, electrical and thermal
conductivities, seismic wave velocities, element diffusivities, rocks rheological properties, melt
density, viscosity, wetting, and percolation. The course objectives are to understand: how static
HPHT conditions can be generated using solid-state apparatuses and how to measure and
control these conditions; how to synthesize materials and grow single crystals under HPHT;
how to study phase relations, chemical kinetics, P-V-T equation of states, electrical and thermal
conductivities, seismic wave velocities, element diffusivities, rocks rheological properties, melt
density, viscosity, wetting, and percolation under HPHT conditions.