DAC

[tech-art]

How can diamond inside diamond anvil cell(dac) sustain 100GPa if it has compressive strength of only 8.68 - 16.53 GPa. Shouldn't diamond be crushed at such pressure?

[deleted-2131]

tech-art,

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[deleted-2574]

Hi tech-art!

To simplify, if you post "How can diamond inside a diamond anvil cell maintain a pressure?" to answers.com you'll get back a wide range of resources. The most promising at first blush are:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond
2. http://www.eurekalert.org/features/doe/ ... 122204.php
3. http://www.llnl.gov/tid/lof/documents/pdf/236368.pdf

Notes:

1. Wording changes on the search to answers.com may yield differing results.
2. Please be wary of sites just trying to sell you something.
3. Please excuse if you've already seen these sites.