Titanium boride equation of state determined by in-situ X-ray diffraction

The equation of state (EOS) of titanium boride, TiB2, was investigated by in situ X-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell and multianvil high-pressure apparatus. The pressure-volume-temperature (P-V-T) data were collected at up to 111 GPa and room temperature for the diamond-anvil cell experiments and at up to 15 GPa and 1300 K for the multianvil experiments. No phase transition was observed through the entire range of experimental conditions. The pressure-volume data at room temperature were fitted using a Vinet EOS to obtain the isothermal bulk modulus, BT0 = 256.7 GPa, and its pressure derivative, B’T0 = 3.83. When fitting a thermal EOS using the P-V-T data for the multianvil experiments, we find that (∂BT/∂T)V = 0.095 (GPa/K) and α0 = 2.49 × 10−5 K−1