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Post-perovskite

MgGeO3

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 2006

V₀
175.9
ų
Unit cell
K₀
245
GPa
Isothermal
K′
4
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
175.9 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
GeO21

Formula: MgGeO3

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
post-perovskite (CaIrO3-type, Cmcm)
Method
experiment (XRD / DAC / multianvil compression)
in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction, laser-heated diamond anvil cell (experiment)
Sample
MgGeO3 pPv, alternative fit with K'0 = 4

Source

Paper
Stability and equation of state of the post‐perovskite phase in MgGeO3 to 2 Mbar
Authors
Atsushi Kubo; Boris Kiefer; Guoyin Shen; Vitali B. Prakapenka; R. J. Cava; T. S. Duffy
DOI
10.1029/2006gl025686
Year
2006
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

If K'0 = 4, we obtain K0 = 245 ± 5 GPa and V0 = 175.9 ± 0.6 Å3, showing significant trade-off between K0 and K'0 due to lack of data at low pressures.

Additional notes

note
alternative fit illustrating trade-off between K0 and K'0