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Ferropericlase

(Mg0.058(1)Fe0.942(1))O

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 2019

V₀
9.86
ų/atom
Formula unit
K₀
155.300
GPa
Isothermal
K′
3.790
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
9.86 ų/atom Formula unit

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
MgO0.058
FeO0.942

Formula: (Mg0.058Fe0.942)O

Conditions & method

Tref
300 K
Pref
Structure
B1 rocksalt (Fm-3m)
Method
experiment (XRD / DAC / multianvil compression)
synchrotron X-ray diffraction in diamond-anvil cell (helium medium), fit with MINUTI
Sample
B1-Mw94, polycrystalline, 95% enriched 57Fe, helium pressure medium

Source

Paper
Evaluating the Role of Iron-Rich (Mg,Fe)O in Ultralow Velocity Zones
Authors
Vasilije V. Dobrosavljevic; W. Sturhahn; Jennifer M. Jackson
DOI
10.3390/min9120762
Year
2019
Journal
Minerals
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

For the B1-cubic phase, the best fit parameters are V0 = 9.860 ± 0.007 Å3/atom, K0T = 155.3 ± 2.2 GPa, K'0T = 3.79 ± 0.11 (Table 1)

Additional notes

Kp prior
initial value of 3.8 with a prior window of 0.3
reduced chi2
0.70 ± 0.23
pressure range
1.5 to ~30 GPa for B1 phase (transition bracketed 30.1–34.5 GPa)
pressure scale
ruby fluorescence [28], NaCl secondary gauge