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Post-perovskite

Mg0.9Fe0.1SiO3

Birch-Murnaghan (order unspecified) · Original · 2005

V₀
164.9
ų
Unit cell
K₀
219
GPa
Unknown
K′
4.400
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
164.9 ų Unit cell

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
MgO0.9
FeO0.1
SiO21

Formula: Mg0.9Fe0.1SiO3

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
post-perovskite (CaIrO3-type, Cmcm)
Method
experiment (XRD / DAC / multianvil compression)
laser-heated diamond anvil cell, angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction (13-ID-D, Advanced Photon Source)
Sample
silicate-ppv synthesized from Mg0.9Fe0.1SiO3 orthopyroxene at 103 GPa, ~1900 K

Source

Paper
Shock-induced superheating-melting and geophysical Implications
Authors
Shuanghua Luo
DOI
10.1107/s0108767305096972
Year
2005
Journal
Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

EoS data (bulk modulus, its pressure derivative, and room pressure unit cell volume) were obtained using Birch-Murnaghan EoS to be ... 219(5) GPa, 4.4, 164.9(6) A3 for silicate-ppy [silicate-ppv]; EoS data of silicate-ppv phase experimentally determined for the first time

Additional notes

note
Kp quoted without uncertainty (4.4), possibly fixed during fit; pressure medium Ar or NaCl.