High Pressure Experiments

High pressure experiments investigate how materials, fluids, and structures behave when exposed to pressures far above ordinary atmospheric conditions, providing essential insight for engineering design and safety. Researchers generate controlled pressure using systems such as hydraulic presses, pressure vessels, or diamond anvil cells, then monitor changes in mechanical strength, phase, density, temperature, or chemical behavior with specialized sensors and imaging methods. These experiments support the development of high-pressure technologies, including deep-sea equipment, aerospace components, energy systems, and advanced materials, while helping engineers predict failure, validate models, and improve performance under demanding operating conditions.

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JoVE Journal - Engineering

Synthesis and Microdiffraction at Extreme Pressures and Temperatures

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2013

The laser heated diamond anvil cell combined with synchrotron micro-diffraction techniques allows researchers to explore the nature and properties of new phases of matter at extreme pressure and temperature (PT) conditions. Heterogeneous samples can be characterized in situ under high pressure by 2D mapping and combined powder, single-crystal and multigrain diffraction approaches.

High-Pressure NMR Experiments for Detecting Protein Low-Lying Conformational States

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2021

We provide a detailed description of the steps required to assemble a high-pressure cell, set up and record high-pressure NMR experiments, and finally analyze both peak intensity and chemical shift changes under pressure. These experiments can provide valuable insights into the folding pathways and structural stability of proteins.

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JoVE Journal - Environment
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High-pressure, High-temperature Deformation Experiment Using the New Generation Griggs-type Apparatus

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2018

Rock deformation needs to be quantified at high pressure. A description of the procedure to perform deformation experiments in a newly designed solid-medium Griggs-type apparatus is here given. This provides technological basis for future rheological studies at pressures up to 5 GPa.

Measurement of Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Rats Using Right Heart Catheterization

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2025

The protocol provides a detailed introduction to the experience of using the right heart catheterization method to detect pulmonary artery pressure in rats, which will help to obtain accurate data more efficiently and improve the success rate of the experiment. This method also improves the reproducibility of experiments across different laboratories.

Conducting Miller-Urey Experiments

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2014

The Miller-Urey experiment was a pioneering study regarding the abiotic synthesis of organic compounds with possible relevance to the origins of life. Simple gases were introduced into a glass apparatus and subjected to an electric discharge, simulating the effects of lightning in the primordial Earth’s atmosphere-ocean system. The experiment was conducted for one week, after which, the samples collected from it were analyzed for the chemical building blocks of life.

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