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Measurements of the sound velocity of shock-compressed liquid silica to 1100 GPa

McCoy, C.A.; Gregor, M.C.; Polsin, D.N.; Fratanduono, D.E.; Celliers, P.M.; Boehly, T.R.; Meyerhofer, D.D.

The sound velocity in a shocked material provides information about its off-Hugoniot behavior of a material at high pressures. This information can be used to extend the knowledge gained in Hugoniot experiments and to model the re-shock and release behavior. Silica is one of the most important materials for equation of state studies because of its prevalence in the earth's interior and the well-defined properties of α-quartz. This article presents the sound velocity measurements of amorphous fused silica over the range 200 to 1100 GPa using laser-driven shocks and an α-quartz standard. These measurements demonstrate the technique proposed by Fratanduono et al. [J. Appl. Phys. 116, 033517 (2014)] to determine the sound velocity from the arrival of acoustic perturbations. The results compare favorably to the SESAME 7386 equation-of-state table. The Grüneisen parameter was calculated from the sound velocity data and found to be Γ=0.66±0.05 at densities above 6 g/cm3, an increase in precision by a factor of two over previous measurements.