Paris-Edinburgh large-volume cell coupled with a fast imaging-plate systemfor structural investigation at high pressure and high temperature

A new set-up for collecting high-quality data suitable for structural refin ement at high pressure and high temperature has been developed on beamline ID30 at the ESRF The possibility of using high X-ray energies, high brillia nce of third-generation sources and a new fast imaging-plate detector inter faced to the Paris-Edinburgh large-volume press has lead to a significant r eduction of acquisition time and improvement of the quality of the data. Th e feasibility of angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction experiments at high pre ssure and high temperature, even on light elements, has been demonstrated.