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D. Program, Use of X17B2 beamline was supported by COMPRES, the Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences, under NSF Cooperative Agreement EAR 01-35554. The TEM national facility in Lille (France) is supported by the Conseil, The UNLV High Pressure Science and Engineering Center