1st Edition

Phase Transformations of Elements Under High Pressure

By E. Yu Tonkov, E.G. Ponyatovsky Copyright 2004
    390 Pages 84 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    As laboratories replace heavy hydraulic presses and bulky high-pressure chambers with miniature diamond anvils, traditional heaters with laser heating, and continue to improve methods of shock compression, there has been considerable new data obtained from the high-pressure, high-temperature modification of pure elements. The dense metallic modification of elements shows the potential for achieving superconductivity akin to theoretical predictions.

    Phase Transformations of Elements Under High Pressure contains the latest theoretical and experimental information on nearly 100 elements, including first-and second-phase transitions, melting lines, crystal structures of stable and metastable phases, stability of polymorphic modifications, and other useful properties and data. It emphasizes features such as changes in the liquid state, amorphization, and metallization, and provides temperature-pressure diagrams for every element. The book also describes the transitions of polymeric forms of fullerene, crystal modifications of elements stable under high pressures, and provides data that confirms their superconducting and magnetic properties.

    This handbook will be a lasting reference for scientists in a broad range of disciplines, including solid-state physics, chemistry, crystallography, mineralogy, and materials science.

    Elements Under High Pressure:
    Hydrogen
    Deuterium
    Tritium
    Lithium
    Sodium
    Potassium
    Rubidium
    Cesium
    Beryllium
    Magnesium
    Calcium
    Strontium
    Barium
    Boron
    Aluminium
    Gallium
    Indium
    Thallium
    Carbon
    Fullerene C60
    Fullerene C70
    Silicon
    Germanium
    Tin
    Lead
    Nitrogen
    Phosphorus
    Arsenic
    Antimony
    Bismuth
    Oxygen
    Sulfur
    Selenium
    Tellurium
    Fluorine
    Chlorine
    Bromine
    Iodine
    Helium - 4
    Helium - 3
    Neon
    Argon
    Krypton
    Xenon
    Scandium
    Yttrium
    Titanium
    Zirconium
    Hafnium
    Vanadium
    Niobium
    Tantalum
    Chromium
    Molybdenium
    Tungsten
    Manganese
    Technecium
    Rhenium
    Iron
    Ruthenium
    Osmium
    Cobalt
    Rhodium
    Iridium
    Nickel
    Palladium
    Platinum
    Copper
    Silver
    Gold
    Zinc
    Cadmium
    Mercury
    Lanthanum
    Cerium
    Praseodymium
    Neodymium
    Prometium
    Samarium
    Europium
    Gadolinium
    Terbium
    Dysprosium
    Holmium
    Erbium
    Thullium
    Ytterbium
    Lutecium
    Actinium
    Thorium
    Protactinium
    Uranium
    Neptunium
    Plutonium
    Americium
    Curium
    Berkelium
    Californium
    Crystallographic Data for the High-Pressure Phases of the Elements

    Biography

    Tonkov, E. Yu; Ponyatovsky, E.G.

    "Phase Transformations is rich in data, including Curie temperatures and super-conducting temperatures… .It is written for researches in solid-state physics, thermodynamics, crystallography, mineralogy, and materials science."
    JOM On-line, Jan. 24, 2006