Very high pressures have been generated at the points of two diamonds squeezed together, but I was wondering what’s the highest pressure that’s been generated in a fairly large volume- say at least 1 liter.
Oh, probably the immediate vicinity of the Tsar Bomba after detonation.
I meant contained in a large volume, e.g. a pressure vessel.
How about the target at the National Laser Test Facility (“fusion or bust”)?
Sorry, National Ignition Facility at Livermore Lab.
500 trillion W, 1.85 Mj.
Yeah, but those pressures are achieved in a teeny-tiny sphere called a Hohlraum, which is way smaller than 1 liter.
You have to say on Earth before people start talking about neutron stars and such.
What about a tokamak?
Well I don’t want to worry you Gulf of Mexico folk, but you’re sitting on some pretty high pressure gas caps.
Autoclave Engineers company of Erie, PA used to sell stock pressure vessels rated for 140,000 psi, IIRC, and AFAIK they still do.
I think continuous pressures around 90,000 psi are used in the polymerization of polyethylene.
I wouldn’t trust that source though, going on about “methane tsunamis” and mass extinctions and such (and considering the date it was posted, October 1, 2012, it sounds like they think the Macondo well is still spewing oil and gas, just as some think that the sinkhole in Louisiana (see URL) is more than just a sinkhole).
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They need a Crockodile Dundee commercial with him saying “That’s not an autoclave…THIS is an autoclave”