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Bridgmanite

MgSiO3

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 2021

Why this differs from similar rows?

Adiabatic bulk modulus computed using the Reuss bound (KSR) from the global elastic-moduli fit; sibling row instead reports the Voigt bound (KSV), giving a slightly different value.

V₀
Unknown basis
K₀
256.700
GPa
Adiabatic
K′
3.700
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
Unknown basis

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
orthorhombic perovskite (Pbnm/Pnma)
Method
experiment (Brillouin / ultrasonic / elasticity)
high-pressure Brillouin scattering + single-crystal X-ray diffraction in DAC (global fit, Reuss bound)
Sample
single crystals synthesized at 25 GPa and 1573 K (multianvil LVP)

Source

Paper
Single‐Crystal Elasticity of MgSiO3 Bridgmanite to Mid‐Lower Mantle Pressure
Authors
Giacomo Criniti; Alexander Kurnosov; Tiziana Boffa Ballaran; D. J. Frost
DOI
10.1029/2020jb020967
Year
2021
Journal
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

Table 2: KSR Order 3, M0 (GPa) 256.7(4), M0' 3.70(3), M0'' (GPa−1) −0.014, P range 0–78.8 GPa.

Additional notes

M0 second derivative GPa-1
−0.014 (implied from third-order truncation)
P range GPa
0–78.8