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Another comparison: the highest pressure we can create without shock waves is 300-400 GPa with a diamond anvil cell [1]. With shock waves we can create momentary bursts of up to 100 TPa

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_anvil_cell



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