Compressibility of Hydrous Garnet

首席研究员将研究压力对氢石榴石中氢键的影响。为此，他将使用洛斯阿拉莫斯散射中心为高强度中子粉末衍射仪开发的新型高p电池，在高压下测定四个合成样品的晶体结构。这项研究将表明石榴石是否可能是地球地幔中氢的储存场所。

The principal investigator will study the effect of pressure on hydrogen bonding in hydrogarnets. To do so he will determine the crystal structures at high pressure of four synthetic specimens using a new high-P cell developed for the high-intensity neutron- powder diffractometer at the Los Alamos Scattering Center. This study will indicate whether garnet might be a storage site for hydrogen in the Earth`s mantle.