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MgSiO3 with 6.25 mol% Al2O3 via CCM (MgSi -> AlAl)

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 2005

Why this differs from similar rows?

6.25 mol% Al2O3 via the charge-coupled mechanism (CCM: MgSi->AlAl); sibling rows use different Al content/substitution mechanisms.

V₀
41.79
ų
Unit cell
K₀
207
GPa
Isothermal
K′
4.130
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
41.79 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
MgO1
SiO21

Formula: MgSiO3

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
post-perovskite (CaIrO3-type, Cmcm)
Method
first-principles DFT / ab initio
static ab-initio DFT (VASP, GGA), fit of internal energy vs volume
Sample
Table 1, Post-Perovskite, Substitution: CCM, 6.25 mol% Al2O3

Source

Paper
Effect of Al on the sharpness of the MgSiO3 perovskite to post‐perovskite phase…
Authors
S. Akber‐Knutson; Gerd Steinle‐Neumann; Paul D. Asimow
DOI
10.1029/2005gl023192
Year
2005
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

Table 1: Post-Perovskite, CCM, 6.25 mol%, V0 = 41.79 Å^3, K0 = 207 GPa, K' = 4.13.

Additional notes

substitution mechanism
charge coupled mechanism (CCM): MgSi -> AlAl
normalization
All values have been normalized for approximately 5-atom unit cells