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Platinum metal was shock compressed to 660 GPa using a two-stage light-gas gun to qualify this material as an ultrahigh-pressure standard for both dynamic and static experiments. The shock velocity data are consistent with most of the previously measured low-pressure data, and an overall linear us−up relationship is found over the range 32–660 GPa. As a part of this work, we have also extended the Hugoniot of the tantalum standard we use to 560 GPa; we have included these data into a new linear fit of the tantalum Hugoniot between 55–560 GPa. We also present the results of a first-principles theoretical treatment of compressed platinum. The fcc phase is predicted to remain stable to beyond 550 GPa. In addition, we have calculated the 300-K pressure-volume isotherm and the Hugoniot. The latter is in excellent agreement with experimental results and qualifies the former to at least 10% accuracy.
Holmes et al. (1989) studied this question.