A pressure calibration method for a portable wide-access “panoramic” cell

A simple and convenient pressure calibration method is developed for a newly designed portable wide-access ‘panoramic’cell. This cell is adapted to angle-dispersive-mode high-pressure in situ neutron diffraction of reactor neutron sources. This pressure calibration method has established a relationship between the cell pressure and the anvil displacement (gasket compression) based on the fixed-point calibration technique. By employing TiZr gasket with a thickness of 3 mm and WC anvil with a culet of 4 mm diameter, the average anvil displacements are 1.31 mm and 2.22 mm for Bi phase transitions (2.55 GPa and 7.7 GPa), and 1.85 mm for Ba phase transitions (5.5 GPa), respectively. In this pressure range, the pressure increases quickly with decreasing gasket thickness, and undergoes a linear increase with the anvil displacement. By extrapolating the calibration curve, the cell pressure will achieve 10 GPa when the anvil displacement is around 2.5 mm.