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SiO2 modified-fluorite

SiO2

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 1993

V₀
42.9
ų
Unit cell
K₀
387
GPa
Isothermal
K′
4.400
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
42.9 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
SiO21

Formula: SiO2

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
other / unspecified
Method
first-principles DFT / ab initio
ab initio periodic Hartree-Fock (CRYSTAL88), static 0 K energy-volume fit with oxygen positional parameter u optimized at each volume
Sample
ab initio periodic Hartree-Fock total energies, this work

Source

Paper
Equation of state and high‐pressure phase transitions of stishovite (SiO2): Ab …
Authors
David Μ. Sherman
DOI
10.1029/93jb00783
Year
1993
Journal
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

The energy curve was fit to a third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation to give K0 = 387 GPa, K' = 4.4, and V0 = 42.9 A^3 (for a unit cell with 2 SiO2).

Additional notes

note
Unit cell contains 2 SiO2 formula units. Zero-pressure density ~7.5% greater than stishovite, but internal energy too high (131 kJ/mol above stishovite at zero pressure) to stabilize the phase.
context
Candidate post-stishovite phase evaluated for lower-mantle/D'' relevance.