Alvin Van Valkenburg

American scientist

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In high-pressure phenomena: The diamond-anvil cell
…cell was greatly enhanced when Alvin Van Valkenburg, one of the original diamond-cell inventors at the National Bureau of Standards, placed a thin metal foil gasket between the two diamond-anvil faces. Liquids and other fluid samples could thus be confined in a sample chamber defined by the cylindrical gasket wall…
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