A diamond-anvil cell for single-crystal x-ray diffraction studies to pressures in excess of 10 GPa

Abstract
A new diamond‐anvil cell for single‐crystal x‐ray diffraction structural studies is presented. By including a simple mechanism for adjusting the parallelism of the opposing diamond culets, the stability of the gasket is maintained to higher pressures than was achieved in earlier cells of a similar two‐platen design. Equipped with 600 μm culet diamond anvils, the cell has been tested to a pressure of 25 GPa and has been used successfully for equation‐of‐state measurements and crystal structure determinations to 10 GPa.