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Davemaoite

Ca 0.98(3), Al 0.03(0), Si 0.99(2), Mg 0.005(4) per formula unit (O = 3); nearly pure CaSiO3

none (not an EOS fit) · Original · 2025

V₀
45.16
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Unit cell
K₀
K′
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
45.16 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
MgO0.005
CaO0.98
Al2O30.015
SiO20.99

Formula: Ca 0.98(3), Al 0.03(0), Si 0.99(2), Mg 0.005(4) per formula unit (O = 3); nearly pure CaSiO3

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
cubic perovskite (Pm-3m)
Method
experiment (XRD / DAC / multianvil compression)
selected area electron diffraction (SAED) in TEM, camera length calibrated with Si standard and coexisting Bdm c-axis
Sample
Run Iris-1272, synthesized at 40 GPa and 2,000°C, quenched to ambient conditions

Source

Paper
First Observation of Quenched Davemaoite to Ambient Conditions: Its Electron Di…
Authors
Nοbuyοshi Miyajima; Lin Wang; Tomoo Katsura
DOI
10.1029/2025gl115280
Year
2025
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

A refined lattice parameter from the SAED pattern is a (cubic) = 0.3561(4) nm and the volume V0 = 45.16(10) Å3 (27.19 cm3/mol).

Additional notes

a cubic
0.3561(4) nm
molar volume
27.19 cm3/mol
density crystalline Dvm
4.27 g/cm3
note
Volume possibly under a residual pressure of 1.2(10) GPa within the recovered Dvm-Bdm aggregate