Hydrostaticity of pressure transmitting medium of 4:1 methanol: Ethanol at high pressure and low temperature

摘要

In high pressure physics a key element is the pressure transmitting medium. The purpose of this research is to study the hydrostatic limits of pressure transmitting media such as 4:1 Methanol: Ethanol and Silicone Fluid at low temperatures and high pressures.This will be done using a Merrill-Bassett diamond anvil cell (DAC) placed inside of a cryostat capable of reaching temperatures as low as 30 Kelvin for a range to 300 Kelvin. The hydrostaticity of 4:1 Methanol:Ethanol has been heavily studied at room temperature using the fluorescence of ruby by fitting the R1 and R2 lines to pseudo-Voigt functions. The full width at half max (FWHM) of the R2 line has been used as a means to determine the hydrostaticity of the pressure medium in these room temperature measurements. (1)