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AlSiO3(OH)

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 2018

Why this differs from similar rows?

DFT result for the low-pressure (loP) phase Egg structure, below the ~15 GPa proton-transfer transition; sibling row is the high-pressure (hiP) structure, a distinct polymorph.

V₀
210.21
ų
Unit cell
K₀
164.400
GPa
Unknown
K′
7.140
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
210.21 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
Al2O30.5
SiO21
H2O0.5

Formula: AlSiO3(OH)

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
other / unspecified
Method
first-principles DFT / ab initio
first-principles DFT (GGA, PAW, VASP, static)
Sample
first-principles simulated ordered unit cell

Source

Paper
Anomalous elastic behavior of phase Egg, AlSiO3(OH), at high pressures
Authors
DOI
10.2138/am-2018-6694
Year
2018
Journal
American Mineralogist
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

The bulk modulus at zero-pressure (K0^loP), unit-cell volume at zero pressure (V0^loP) and the pressure derivative of zero-pressure bulk modulus (K'0^loP) for phase Egg (loP) i.e., at pressures below the transfer of proton are, 164.4 (±1.8) GPa, 210.21 (±0.14) ų, and 7.14 (±0.24) respectively.

Additional notes

static conditions
first principles simulations are at static conditions (0 K)
linear moduli GPa
Ka^loP = 975.6 (±1.2), Kb^loP = 344.6 (±0.6), Kc*^loP = 531.1 (±0.8)
framing
phase Egg stable up to 20-30 GPa, translating to transition zone to lower mantle depths; found as diamond inclusions from transition zone and upper part of lower mantle
proton transfer pressure
~15 GPa