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CaO (lime)

CaO

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Original · 1999

V₀
Unknown basis
K₀
115
GPa
Unknown
K′
4.480
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
CaO1

Formula: CaO

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
B1 rocksalt (Fm-3m)
Method
first-principles DFT / ab initio
first principles plane wave pseudopotential (LDA), static calculation
Sample
Table 1, Calc row

Source

Paper
Seismic velocities of major silicate and oxide phases of the lower mantle
Authors
Bijaya B. Karki; Lars Stixrude
DOI
10.1029/1999jb900069
Year
1999
Journal
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

Table 1: CaO, Calc M: K = 115, G = 83; M': K' = 4.48, G' = 1.78. CaO explicitly discussed as a candidate lower mantle phase. 'Third-order Eulerian finite strain equations are fit to the calculated results'.

Additional notes

G0 GPa
83
Gp
1.78
note
CaO framed as candidate lower-mantle phase in this study