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Post-perovskite

MgGeO3

Birch-Murnaghan (order unspecified) · Original · 2005

Why this differs from similar rows?

K'0 fixed to 4 in the fit; sibling row fits K'0 freely (3.5) to the same decompression data, giving a different K0/V0.

V₀
183.1
ų
Unit cell
K₀
192
GPa
Isothermal
K′
4
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
183.1 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

"When K'0 was fixed at 4, we obtained K0 = 192(±5) GPa and V0 = 183.1(±0.8) Å3." Abstract: "The bulk modulus was determined to be K0 = 192(±5) GPa with a fixed pressure derivative of the bulk modulus, K', of 4."

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)
assumed ambient cell parameters for normalization
a0 = 2.800, b0 = 9.390, c0 = 6.965 Å (Fig. 3, assumed)