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Bridgmanite

MgSiO3 perovskite containing 5.1% wt Al2O3

unknown · Cited · 2007

V₀
Unknown basis
K₀
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
perovskite (unspecified)
Method
experiment (Brillouin / ultrasonic / elasticity)
high-pressure Brillouin scattering to 45 GPa
Sample
polycrystalline sample (Jackson et al., ref 52)

Source

Paper
Indoor seismology by probing the Earth's interior by using sound velocity measu…
Authors
Baosheng Li; Robert C. Liebermann
DOI
10.1073/pnas.0608609104
Year
2007
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Origin
Cited (quoted from earlier work)

Evidence from the paper

A recent high-pressure Brillouin scattering study to 45 GPa (52) using polycrystalline sample of magnesium silicate perovskite containing 5.1% wt Al2O3 yielded KS0' 3.7 (0.3) and G0' 1.7 (0.2), which are slightly lower than the current ultrasonic results.

Additional notes

G0 prime
1.7 (0.2)
reference
Jackson JM, Zhang JZ, Bass JD (2004) Geophys Res Lett 31:L10614 (ref 52)
note
Only pressure derivatives reported; no K0 or V0 given in this paper for this sample