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MgGeO3

Birch-Murnaghan (order unspecified) · Original · 2005

Why this differs from similar rows?

Fits K'0 freely (3.5) to the decompression P-V data; sibling row instead fixes K'0 to 4, giving a different K0/V0.

V₀
182.2
ų
Unit cell
K₀
210
GPa
Isothermal
K′
3.500
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
182.2 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
GeO21

Formula: MgGeO3

Conditions & method

Tref
300 K
Pref
Structure
post-perovskite (CaIrO3-type, Cmcm)
Method
experiment (XRD / DAC / multianvil compression)
synchrotron X-ray diffraction in laser-heated diamond-anvil cell, P-V data at 300 K during decompression; Pt pressure standard (Holmes et al. 1989)
Sample
MgGeO3 post-perovskite synthesized in LHDAC, decompression data 79-6 GPa

Source

Paper
Stability and equation of state of MgGeO 3 post-perovskite phase
Authors
Kei Hirose; Katsuyuki Kawamura; Yasuo Ohishi; Shigehiko Tateno; Nagayoshi Sata
DOI
10.2138/am.2005.1702
Year
2005
Journal
American Mineralogist
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

"the P-V data were fitted to the Birch-Murnaghan equation of state ... The bulk modulus, K0, was determined to be 210(±20) GPa with K'0 = 3.5(±0.5) and V0 = 182.2(±1.1) Å3."

Additional notes

Z
4
pressure range
79 to 6 GPa at 300 K
note
MgGeO3 post-perovskite used as low-pressure analogue for MgSiO3 post-perovskite of the lowermost mantle (D'' layer)
phase transition
Pv to PPv boundary at 63 GPa and 1800 K; Clapeyron slope +8 MPa/K