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Akimotoite

MgSiO3

unknown · Cited · 2000

V₀
262.54
ų
Unit cell
K₀
212
GPa
Adiabatic
K′
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
262.54 ų Unit cell

Reported value and unit are preserved as extracted. Z (formula units per cell) is not stored yet, so molar ↔ ų/f.u. conversion is not applied automatically.

Composition

OxideMolar
MgO1
SiO21

Formula: MgSiO3

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
ilmenite (akimotoite)
Method
experiment (Brillouin / ultrasonic / elasticity)
single-crystal X-ray diffraction (V0); Brillouin/elasticity measurement (KS0, Weidner and Ito 1985)
Sample
experimental values (Horiuchi et al. 1982; Weidner and Ito 1985)

Source

Paper
Ab initio structure of MgSiO 3 ilmenite at high pressure
Authors
Bijaya B. Karki; Wenhui Duan; C.R.S. da Silva; Renata M. Wentzcovitch
DOI
10.2138/am-2000-2-309
Year
2000
Journal
American Mineralogist
Origin
Cited (quoted from earlier work)

Evidence from the paper

that compare favorably with experimental values V0 = 262.54 Å3 and KS0 = 212 GPa (Horiuchi et al. 1982; Weidner and Ito 1985).

Additional notes

table 1 experimental
a = 4.728 Å, c = 13.559 Å, V = 262.54 Å3 (Horiuchi et al. 1982)