I. Construction Materials Used for Operations at High and Ultrahigh Pressures.- Steels and Alloys.- Heat Treatment.- Testing of Materials.- Machined Finishes.- Behavior of Steels, Metals, and Alloys Under Experimental Conditions.- Packing Materials (Gaskets).- Insulation Materials.- Pressure-Transmitting Media.- II. Design and Construction of High- and Ultrahigh-Pressure Apparatus.- Design of Apparatus.- Behavior of Material under Load.- Stress Present in Thick-Walled Vessels under Pressure.- Equivalent Stress.- Determination of Thermal Stresses.- Simultaneous Action of Pressure and Temperature.- Construction of Apparatus.- Autofrettaged Vessels.- Multilayered Vessels.- Vessels with Variable External Mechanical Support.- Vessels with Hydraulic Support.- Wedge Vessels.- Tetrahedral Press.- Conical Dies (Bridgman Anvils).- Belt Apparatus.- Piston Piezometer (Supported Piston and Cylinder).- III. Methods of Generating Pressure at Normal and Elevated Temperatures.- Compression of Gases.- Laboratory Compressors.- Additional Compression Stages.- Compressing Devices.- Other Methods of Compressing Gases.- Compression of Liquids and Solids.- Liquid Pumps and Compressors.- Sidorov Mechanical Press.- Pressure Intensifier.- Anvil Apparatus.- Wedge Apparatus.- Belt Apparatus.- Small Hydraulic Presses.- Generation of High Pressures with Simultaneous Application of Shear Force.- Other Methods of Producing High Pressures.- Heating at High Pressures.- IV. Methods of Measuring High Pressure.- Pressure Units.- Absolute Manometers.- Liquid Manometers.- Piston Manometers.- Relative Manometers.- Manometers Using Elastic Properties of Materials.- Electrical Manometers.- Ryabinin Crusher [Upsetting] Manometer.- Differential Manometers.- V. Measurement of the Flow and Temperature of a Compressed Medium.- Measurement of the Flow of a Compressed Medium High-Pressure Rheometers.- Measurement of Temperature at High Pressure.- VI. Parts for High-Pressure Installations.- Valves.- Control Valves.- Shut-off Valves.- Seals for Laboratory Apparatus.- Seals with Compensated Area.- Unsupported-Area Closures.- Closures for Large-Diameter Apparatus.- Hydraulic Closures.- Glands.- Glands with Natural Sealing.- Packed Glands.- Intensifier-Piston Seals.- Small-Piston Seals.- Large-Piston Seals.- Check Valves.- Joints.- Packing.- Cones.- Lenses.- Lips.- Metal—Glass Joints.- Metal—Glass Solder Joints.- Electric-Insulation Techniques.- Low-Pressure Electrical Leads.- Unsupported-Area Electrical Leads.- Viewing Windows.- VII. Mixing and Circulation Under Pressure.- Mixing (Agitation).- Mechanical Agitators.- Rotating and Rocking Apparatus.- Electromagnetic Stirrers.- Circulation.- VIII. General Laboratory High-Pressure Equipment.- Buildings.- Equipment.- Gas Holders.- Compressors.- Gas Purification.- Installation of Apparatus.- Rules of Usage.- IX. Methods of Investigating Phase Equilibria at High Pressures.- Liquid-Gas Systems.- Solid-Liquid Systems.- Gas-Gas Systems.- Solid-Gas Systems.- Methods of Sampling for Analysis.- Methods of Analysis.- Volumetric Measurements.- Gravimetric Measurements.- X. Determination of Compressibility of Gases and Liquids.- Compressibility of Gases.- Measurement with Constant-Volume Piezometers.- Measurement with Variable-Volume Piezometers.- Measurement with Variable-Volume Piezometers with Variable Quantity of Material.- Compressibility of Liquids.- Measurement with Constant-Volume Piezometers.- Measurement with Variable-Volume Piezometers.- Measurement of Compressibility Using Pycnometers.- Determination of Compressibility by Hydrostatic Weighing.- XI. Methods of Measuring Surface Tension and Wettability.- Measurement of Surface Tension at Liquid-Gas Boundary.- Capillary-Rise Methods.- Method of Maximum Pressure in Bubble.- Hanging-Drop Method.- Method of Drop Weight (Volume).- Measurement of Contact Angles (of Wettability) at High Pressures.- Measurement of Surface Tension at Gas-Gas Boundary.- XII. Optical, X-Ray and Electrical Measurements.- Optical Measurements.- X-Ray Measurements.- Electrical Measurements.- Appendices.- Author Index.
