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  10 June 2021 | Open Access

  X-ray free electron laser heating of water and gold at high static pressure

  The study of water at high pressure and temperature is essential for understanding planetary interiors but is hampered by the high reactivity of water at extreme conditions. Here, indirect X-ray laser heating of water in a diamond anvil cell is realized via a gold absorber, showing no evidence of reactivity.

  • Rachel J. Husband
  • , R. Stewart McWilliams
  •  & Hanns-Peter Liermann

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  05 November 2020 | Open Access

  Redox-structure dependence of molten iron oxides

  Knowing the atomic structure of liquid iron oxide is key to understanding steelmaking processes and magma flows. Here, Fe-O atomic coordination numbers are determined during levitation melting at a range of temperatures and oxygen partial pressures, revealing low coordination numbers.

  • Caijuan Shi
  • , Oliver L. G. Alderman
  •  & Chris J. Benmore