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MgO

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Cited · 1990

V₀
11.25
cm³
Molar
K₀
162.700
GPa
Adiabatic
K′
4.100
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
11.25 cm³ Molar

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

Formula: MgO

Conditions & method

Tref
300 K
Pref
Structure
other / unspecified
Method
experiment (XRD / DAC / multianvil compression)
compiled literature thermoelastic parameters (static compression)
Sample
Table 1, MgO mw end-member

Source

Paper
Constraints on lower mantle composition and temperature from density and bulk s…
Authors
Craig R. Bina; Paul G. Silver
DOI
10.1029/gl017i008p01153
Year
1990
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
Origin
Cited (quoted from earlier work)

Evidence from the paper

Table 1. Thermoelastic parameters used in this study: MgO mw: V0 (cm^3) 11.25; K_S0 (GPa) 162.7; K_S0' 4.1. 'V0, K_S0, K_S0' are at 300 K and zero pressure.' Cited sources include Sumino and Anderson [1984]; Jeanloz and Thompson [1983].

Additional notes

delta S
3.0
alpha0 mean
4.0e-5 K^-1
ocr note
Table printed values '11.254' and '162.74' interpreted as 11.25 and 162.7 with superscript footnote markers