Paris-Edinburgh large-volume cell coupled with a fast imaging-plate system for structural investigation at high pressure and high temperature

A new set-up for collecting high-quality data suitable for structural refinement at high pressure and high temperature has been developed on beamline ID30 at the ESRF The possibility of using high X-ray energies, high brilliance of third-generation sources and a new fast imaging-plate detector interfaced to the Paris-Edinburgh large-volume press has lead to a significant reduction of acquisition time and improvement of the quality of the data. The feasibility of angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction experiments at high pressure and high temperature, even on light elements, has been demonstrated.