Screening of TiB<sub>2</sub>-based ternary composites for X-ray transparent heaters in high-pressure and high-temperature experiments

Zhang Yutian; Niu Guoliang; Tan Pengfei; Zhu Chuanhui; Gou Huiyang; Walker David; Li Man-Rong

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Zhang Yutian, Niu Guoliang, Tan Pengfei, Zhu Chuanhui, Gou Huiyang, Walker David, Li Man-Rong. Screening of TiB2-based ternary composites for X-ray transparent heaters in high-pressure and high-temperature experiments[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2025, 10(6): 067802. doi: 10.1063/5.0275504

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Zhang Yutian, Niu Guoliang, Tan Pengfei, Zhu Chuanhui, Gou Huiyang, Walker David, Li Man-Rong. Screening of TiB₂-based ternary composites for X-ray transparent heaters in high-pressure and high-temperature experiments[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2025, 10(6): 067802. doi: 10.1063/5.0275504

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Screening of TiB₂-based ternary composites for X-ray transparent heaters in high-pressure and high-temperature experiments

doi: 10.1063/5.0275504

Zhang Yutian^1
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Niu Guoliang^2
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Tan Pengfei¹,
Zhu Chuanhui^1
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Gou Huiyang^2
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Walker David^{3
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Li Man-Rong^{1, 4
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Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China
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Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing 100094, People’s Republic of China
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Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, USA
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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, People’s Republic of China

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Corresponding author: a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: dwalker@ldeo.columbia.edu and limanrong@hainanu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2025-04-13
Accepted Date: 2025-08-28

Available Online: 2025-11-28

Publish Date: 2025-11-01

Abstract

Abstract

High-pressure and high-temperature (HPHT) experiments in large-volume presses (LVPs) benefit from reliable, available, and affordable heaters to achieve stable and homogeneous heating and, in some circumstances, X-ray transparency for monitoring of properties of an in situ experiment using X-ray diffraction and contrast imaging techniques. We have developed heaters meeting the above requirements, and we screen the ternary system TiB₂–SiC–hexagonal (h)BN (denoted as TSB) to enable manufacture of X-ray transparent heaters for HPHT runs. Heaters fabricated using optimized TSB-631 (60%TiB₂–30%SiC–10%hBN by weight) have been tested in modified truncated assemblies, showing excellent performance up to 22 GPa and 2395 K in HPHT runs. TSB-631 has good ceramic machinability, outstanding reproducibility, high stability, and negligible temperature gradient for runs at 3–7 GPa with cell assemblies with truncated edge lengths of 8–12 mm. The fabricated heaters not only show excellent performance in HPHT runs, but also demonstrate high X-ray transparency over a wide X-ray wavelength region, indicating potential applications for in situ X-ray diffraction/imaging under HPHT conditions in LVPs and other high-pressure apparatus.

Conflict of Interest
The authors have no conflicts to disclose.
Yutian Zhang: Conceptualization (equal); Data curation (lead); Formal analysis (lead); Investigation (lead); Methodology (equal); Project administration (equal); Validation (lead); Writing – original draft (lead). Guoliang Niu: Conceptualization (equal); Data curation (equal); Formal analysis (equal); Investigation (equal); Methodology (equal); Project administration (equal); Validation (equal); Writing – original draft (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal). Pengfei Tan: Data curation (equal); Funding acquisition (equal); Investigation (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal). Chuanhui Zhu: Funding acquisition (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal). Huiyang Gou: Data curation (equal); Investigation (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal). David Walker: Data curation (equal); Investigation (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal). Man-Rong Li: Conceptualization (lead); Data curation (equal); Funding acquisition (lead); Investigation (equal); Methodology (lead); Supervision (lead); Writing – original draft (equal); Writing – review & editing (lead).
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The data that support the findings of this study are available within the article and its supplementary material and from the corresponding authors upon reasonable request.

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