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Post-perovskite

MgSiO3

third-order Birch-Murnaghan · Cited · 2022

V₀
40.55
ų/f.u.
Formula unit
K₀
219
GPa
Isothermal
K′
4
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
40.55 ų/f.u. Formula unit

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
300 K
Pref
Structure
post-perovskite (CaIrO3-type, Cmcm)
Method
literature compilation / cited value
experimental measurements (literature compilation)
Sample
Table I, PPv Exp. (range from Refs. [36,43,44])

Source

Paper
Anharmonic thermodynamic properties and phase boundary across the postperovskit…
Authors
Zhen Zhang; Renata M. Wentzcovitch
DOI
10.1103/physrevb.106.054103
Year
2022
Journal
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Origin
Cited (quoted from earlier work)

Evidence from the paper

TABLE I. Calculated EOS parameters at 300 K compared to experimental measurements ... PPv [36,43,44] Exp.: V0 = 40.55–41.23 Å3/MgSiO3, K0 = 219–248 GPa, K'0 = 4.00 (fixed)

Additional notes

Kp note
Reported as '4.00 (fixed)' in Table I
note
Range spanning multiple cited experimental studies