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Fe0.98O

unknown · Cited · 1993

V₀
Unknown basis
K₀
169
GPa
Isothermal
K′
4
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
FeO0.98

Formula: Fe0.98O

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
B1 rocksalt (Fm-3m)
Method
experiment (XRD / DAC / multianvil compression)
static compression measurements
Sample
Fe0.98O compression sample of Yagi et al. (16)

Source

Paper
Effect of Pressure on the Composition of the Lower Mantle End Member Fe x O
Authors
Catherine McCammon
DOI
10.1126/science.259.5091.66
Year
1993
Journal
Science
Origin
Cited (quoted from earlier work)

Evidence from the paper

Yagi et al. (16) obtained a value of 169 GPa with the pressure derivative ∂K_T/∂P = 4 from compression measurements on Fe0.98O but conceded that large errors (±10 GPa) and the tradeoff between K_T and ∂K_T/∂P prevent a definitive conclusion.

Additional notes

uncertainty K0
±10 GPa
note
Tradeoff between K_T and ∂K_T/∂P noted; determination method of K' not explicitly stated