Virginia TechVarga, T.Wilkinson, A. P.Angel, R. J.2014-01-232014-01-232003-10Varga, T; Wilkinson, AP; Angel, RJ. "Fluorinert as a pressure-transmitting medium for high-pressure diffraction studies," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74, 4564 (2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.16119930034-6748http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25135Fluorinert is a liquid pressure-transmitting medium that is widely used in high-pressure diffraction work. A systematic study of five different fluorinerts was carried out using single-crystal x-ray diffraction in a diamond-anvil cell in order to determine the pressure range over which they provide a hydrostatic stress state to the sample. It was found that none of the fluorinerts studied can be considered hydrostatic above 1.2 GPa, a lower pressure than reported previously. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.en-USIn Copyrightneutron powder diffractionx-ray-diffractiondiamond-anvil cellnonhydrostatic stress|phase-transition10 gpacrystallographydependencesiliconArticle - Refereedhttp://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/rsi/74/10/10.1063/1.1611993https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1611993