Here is a list of questions and comments that should help users' have the best chance for success with their high pressure experiments.
Any additional comments are always welcome.
Please send any available optical or electrical ambient and high pressure data for this sample or a similar system. These items and the samples should be sent to Stan Tozer at least two months before the experiment is to be performed. Experiments above 20 GPa require even thinner samples. Typically, thinning the sample to these dimensions is done by cleaving or lapping. The sample is then ground down to approximately 60 um using oil and diamond impregnated plates.