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Post-perovskite

Al2O3

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 2005

V₀
42
ų/f.u.
Formula unit
K₀
206
GPa
Isothermal
K′
4.130
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
42 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
post-perovskite (CaIrO3-type, Cmcm)
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 ppv: V0 = 42.00(38.78) Å^3/3 O atoms, K0 = 206(231) GPa, K' = 4.13(4.38); LDA value with GGA in parentheses.

Additional notes

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