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Stishovite

SiO2

modified Tait · Original · 2013

V₀
1.401
kJ kbar-1
Molar
K₀
309
GPa
Isothermal
K′
4.600
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
1.401 kJ kbar-1 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
SiO21

Formula: SiO2

Conditions & method

Tref
298 K
Pref
0.000 GPa
Structure
rutile-type (stishovite)
Method
thermodynamic / mineral physics model
internally consistent thermodynamic dataset (THERMOCALC)
Sample
stv end-member, THERMOCALC dataset tc-ds62 (Table 1)

Source

Paper
New Thermodynamic Models and Calculated Phase Equilibria in NCFMAS for Basic an…
Authors
T. J. B. Holland; N. F. C. Hudson; Roger Powell; B. Harte
DOI
10.1093/petrology/egt035
Year
2013
Journal
Journal of Petrology
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

Table 1: stv | V 1.401 | K0 3090.0 | K0' 4.60 | K0'' -0.0015; stishovite is a modelled lower-mantle phase ('stishovite makes up a remarkably constant, but small (around 10%) proportion at all pressures' in MORB).

Additional notes

K0 second derivative
-0.0015
K0 second derivative unit
kbar-1
a0 thermal expansion
1.58e-5 K-1