Phase transitions in bismuth under rapid compression*

Project supported by the Joint Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the China Academy of Engineering Physics (NSAF) (Grant No. U1530134), the Foundation of National Key Laboratory of Shock Wave and Detonation Physics, China (Grant No. 6142A0306010817), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nos. KJCX2-SW-N20 and KJCX2-SW-N03).

Yang Dong-Liang1, †, Liu Jing1, ‡, Lin Chuan-Long2, Jing Qiu-Min3, Zhang Yi3, Gong Yu1, Li Yan-Chun1, Li Xiao-Dong1
       

The plot of −ln(A) and P0 as a function of compression rate. The black square symbols show the results of −ln(A), which are related to kinetic barriers at different compression rates. The red circle symbols show the onset transition pressure P0 at each compression rate.