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Ferropericlase

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

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 2019

V₀
9.59
ų/atom
Formula unit
K₀
217
GPa
Isothermal
K′
2.060
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
9.59 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
other / unspecified
Method
experiment (XRD / DAC / multianvil compression)
synchrotron X-ray diffraction in diamond-anvil cell (helium medium), fit with MINUTI
Sample
r-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

We fit a third-order Burch–Murnaghan isothermal equation of state to the pressure–volume data for the rhombohedral phase and found best fit parameter values V0 = 9.59 ± 0.10 Å3/atom, K0T = 217 ± 19 GPa, K'0T = 2.06 ± 0.22, with a reduced χ2 value of 1.37 ± 0.37

Additional notes

reduced chi2
1.37 ± 0.37
stability range
rhombohedral phase from 34.5 GPa up to at least 88.7 GPa