Experimental study of compressibility of a VNM-3-2 alloy under megabar pressures

This paper describes an experimental study of isentropic compression of a VNM-3-2 heavy tungsten alloy by a pressure of a superstrong pulsed magnetic field, induced by a magnetocumulative MK-1 generator. Experimental points obtained on a $p$–$p$-diagram of the alloy are compared with its cold compression curve, previously constructed on the basis of shock-wave experiments. The purpose of this study is to correct and clarify a state equation of the alloy under an ultrahigh pressure and low temperature. This equation is used to analyze data obtained in experiments on isentropic compression of various substances.