TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS AND HYDROGEN TRANSFORMATION UNDER DYNAMIC COMPRESSION UP TO 150 GPA.

Lithium fluoride single crystal window was used for optical light emission registration during quasi-isentropic compression of hydrogen to the pressures 100-150 GPa. Initially gaseous hydrogen samples at 78 K temperature and different pressures in the range 3-30 MPa were investigated. Recorded brightness temperature profiles in near infrared range of wavelength were analyzed to evaluate optical and transport properties of the investigated hydrogen sample and window. Two EOS models of hydrogen, with and without metallic region were used for 1-D simulation of it's properties under dynamic compression and estimation of hydrogen temperature within compressed layer. The obtained data demonstrate abrupt change of final temperatures after heating higher then 3500K. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]