Periclase
MgO
unknown · Cited · 2008
Why this differs from similar rows?
Cites Jackson and Niesler (1982) ultrasonic-interferometry result; other rows in this table cite different original studies/methods for MgO.
V₀
—
Unknown basis
K₀
162.500
GPa
Adiabatic
K′
4.130
dimensionless
Volume (V₀)
| Value | Unit | Basis | Z |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | Unknown basis | — |
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
| Oxide | Molar |
|---|---|
| MgO | 1 |
Formula: MgO
Conditions & method
- Tref
- —
- Pref
- —
- Structure
- B1 rocksalt (Fm-3m)
- Method
- experiment (Brillouin / ultrasonic / elasticity)ultrasonic interferometry
- Sample
- MgO (Jackson and Niesler 1982)
Source
- Paper
- Single-crystal elastic properties of (Mg0.987, Fe0.013)O to 9 GPa
- Authors
- H. J. Reichmann; Stanislav Sinogeikin; Jay D. Bass
- DOI
- 10.2138/am.2008.2717
- Year
- 2008
- Journal
- American Mineralogist
- Origin
- Cited (quoted from earlier work)
Evidence from the paper
Table 3: MgO, Ultrasonic, Jackson and Niesler (1982): KS0 = 162.5(2) GPa, K' = 4.13(9). (Table 1 lists KS0 = 162.7(2) GPa for the same reference.)
Additional notes
C11 GPa
296.8(2)
C12 GPa
95.3(2)
C44 GPa
155.8(2)
Table1 KS0 GPa
162.7(2)
density g cm3
3.584