Phase Diagrams of the Elements / Фазовые диаграммы элементов

This book is a response to the rapid development of experiment and theory in high-pressure condensed-matter physics. The diamond-anvil cell (DAC) has revolutionized the field. Experiments are now routinely performed above 100 GPa, and the first phase transitions above 100 GPa have recently been reported. There is also progress along the temperature axis, with high sample temperatures produced either by immersing a heat-resistant diamond-anvil assembly in a heat bath or by focusing laser light onto the sample and recording the temperature pyrometrically. This latter technique can be used up to the highest known melting points near 5000 K. <...>