Note: Loading method of molecular fluorine using x-ray induced chemistry.

Rev Sci Instrum

High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (HiPSEC) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4002, USA.

Published: August 2014

We have successfully loaded molecular fluorine into a diamond anvil cell at high pressure using the synchrotron x-ray induced decomposition of perfluorohexane (C6F14). "White" x-ray radiation from the Advanced Photon Source was used to initiate the chemical decomposition of C6F14, which resulted in the in situ production of F2 as verified via Raman spectroscopy. Due to the toxic nature of fluorine, this method will offer significant advantages in the ability to easily load a relatively nontoxic and inert substance into a chamber (such as a diamond anvil cell) that, when sealed with other reactants and irradiate with hard x-rays (>7 keV), releases highly reactive and toxic fluorine into the sample/reaction chamber to enable novel chemical synthesis under isolated and/or extreme conditions.

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