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Metastable Ultracondensed Solid Hydrogenous Materials
W. J. Nellis
The primary purpose of this paper is to stimulate theoretical predictions of how to retain metastably hydrogenous materials made at high pressure P on release to ambient. Ultracond…
Dynamic high pressure: Why it makes metallic fluid hydrogen
W. J. Nellis
Metallic fluid H has been made by dynamic compression decades after Wigner and Huntington (WH) predicted its existence in 1935. The density obtained experimentally is within a few…
Will NIF Work
W. J. Nellis
It is vital that new clean and abundant sources of energy be developed for the sustainability of modern society. Nuclear fusion of the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium, if s…
P. W. Bridgman contributions to the foundations of shock compression of condensed matter
W. J. Nellis
Based on his 50-year career in static high-pressure research, P. W. Bridgman (PWB) is the father of modern high-pressure physics. What is not generally recognized is that Bridgman…
Entropy-Dominated Dissipation in Sapphire Shock-Compressed up to 400 GPa (4 Mbar)
W. J. Nellis, G. I. Kanel, S. V. Razorenov +2
Sapphire (single-crystal Al2O3) is a representative Earth material and is used as a window and/or anvil in shock experiments. Pressure, for example, at the core-mantle boundary is…
Metallization of Fluid Hydrogen
W. J. Nellis, A. A. Louis, N. W. Ashcroft
The electrical resistivity of liquid hydrogen has been measured at the high dynamic pressures, densities and temperatures that can be achieved with a reverberating shock wave. The…