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Akimotoite

en90 bronzitite (~(Mg0.90,Fe0.10)SiO3)

Murnaghan · Original · 2007

V₀
Unknown basis
K₀
257
GPa
Adiabatic
K′
2
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
MgO0.9
FeO0.1
SiO21

Formula: en90 bronzitite (~(Mg0.90,Fe0.10)SiO3)

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
ilmenite (akimotoite)
Method
experiment (shock wave)
shock-wave Hugoniot data reduced to isentrope (linear Us-up fit)
Sample
Stillwater bronzitite (Bronzitite S)

Source

Paper
On the Occurrence of (Mg, Fe)SiO3 in the Lower Mantle
Authors
E. K. Graham
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-246x.1975.tb06463.x
Year
2007
Journal
Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

As an example, the results for the Stillwater bronzitite in the inferred 'ilmenite-like' phase are as follows: rho0 = 3.85 g cm-3, K0^S = 2.57 Mbar, and (dK^S/dP)_0 = 2.

Additional notes

rho0
3.85 g cm-3
Phi
66.8 (km s-1)^2
enstatite mole fraction
0.9
note
Kp derived from beta^S = 4s - 1 with linear Us = C0 + s*up fit; Table 3 values identical for unmodified rock and (Mg,Fe)SiO3 derivative composition.