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Bridgmanite

Al2O3

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 2005

V₀
43.22
ų/f.u.
Formula unit
K₀
202
GPa
Isothermal
K′
3.950
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
43.22 ų/f.u. 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
Al2O31

Formula: Al2O3

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
perovskite (unspecified)
Method
first-principles DFT / ab initio
first-principles static calculation (DFT-LDA)
Sample

Source

Paper
Effect of chemistry on the stability and elasticity of the perovskite and post‐…
Authors
Razvan Caracas; R. E. Cohen
DOI
10.1029/2005gl023164
Year
2005
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

Table 1, Al2O3 pv: V0 = 43.22(39.93) Å^3/3 O atoms, K0 = 202(223) GPa, K' = 3.95(4.22); LDA value with GGA in parentheses. Al2O3 end-member of the MgSiO3-FeSiO3-Al2O3 system studied for lowermost-mantle pv/ppv phases.

Additional notes

exchange correlation
LDA
note
Al2O3 end-member component of lower-mantle bridgmanite/post-perovskite solid solution