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Bridgmanite

(Mg0.75,Fe0.25)SiO3 (x = 0.25)

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 2002

Why this differs from similar rows?

EOS-derived volumetric fit for x=0.25, spin-polarized with Fe on the large 4c site (V0=160.5, K0=270, K'=3.96); sibling row instead reports VRH-averaged elastic-constant moduli.

V₀
160.5
ų
Unit cell
K₀
270
GPa
Unknown
K′
3.960
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
160.5 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
MgO0.75
FeO0.25
SiO21

Formula: (Mg0.75Fe0.25)SiO3

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
orthorhombic perovskite (Pbnm/Pnma)
Method
first-principles DFT / ab initio
first-principles plane-wave pseudopotential DFT (LDA), spin-polarized, static (0 K)
Sample
static LDA calculation, 20-atom unit cell with one Fe on large 4c site

Source

Paper
Elasticity of (Mg,Fe)SiO3‐perovskite at high pressures
Authors
Boris Kiefer; Lars Stixrude; Renata M. Wentzcovitch
DOI
10.1029/2002gl014683
Year
2002
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

... and V0 = 160.5 Å^3, K0 = 270.0 GPa, K'0 = 3.96 for x = 0 and x = 0.25, repectively.

Additional notes

notes
Iron fixed in high-spin state; Fe→Mg substitution on large (4c) site.