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Bridgmanite

(Mg0.9,Fe0.1)SiO3

Birch-Murnaghan (order unspecified) · Original · 1992

V₀
24.56
cm³/mol
Molar
K₀
263
GPa
Isothermal
K′
3.900
dimensionless

Volume (V₀)

Value Unit Basis Z
24.56 cm³/mol 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
MgO0.9
FeO0.1
SiO21

Formula: (Mg0.9Fe0.1)SiO3

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
perovskite (unspecified)
Method
experiment (XRD / DAC / multianvil compression)
synchrotron x-ray diffraction in externally heated diamond anvil cell
Sample
Fig. 1 fit to x-ray diffraction data at room temperature

Source

Paper
Thermoelasticity of Silicate Perovskite and Magnesiowüstite and Stratification …
Authors
Lars Stixrude; Russell J. Hemley; Yingwei Fei; H. K. Mao
DOI
10.1126/science.257.5073.1099
Year
1992
Journal
Science
Origin
Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)

Evidence from the paper

Lines are based on the Birch-Murnaghan equation of state with a zero pressure volume V0 = 24.56 cm3 mol-1, isothermal bulk modulus K0 = 263 ± 7 GPa, and its pressure derivative K0' = 3.9 ± 0.4 (17).

Additional notes

theta0
1017 ± 7 K
gamma0
1.96 ± 0.10
q
2.5 ± 1.7
alpha0 mean 300 2000K
significantly larger than 4 × 10^-5 K^-1; 4.7 × 10^-5 K^-1 used in Eqs. 2 and 3
delta T
≈7
delta S
3
alphaKT
10.2 MPa K-1 (assumed independent of temperature above Debye temperature)