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lower mantle aggregate (silicate perovskites MgSiO3 + CaSiO3)

MgSiO3 + CaSiO3 (main constituents of the lower mantle)

Stacey reciprocal K-primed · Cited · 2012

V₀
Unknown basis
K₀
206
GPa
Adiabatic
K′
4.200
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
MgO1
SiO21

Formula: MgSiO3

Conditions & method

Tref
Pref
Structure
Method
unknown
seismological measurements / values taken directly from Stacey and Davis (adiabat)
Sample
Earth lower mantle (values from Stacey and Davis, seismological data)

Source

Paper
ANALYSIS OF THERMAL EXPANSIVITY OF SOLIDS UNDER HIGH PRESSURES
Authors
K. Sunil; P.K. Singh; B.S. Sharma
DOI
10.1142/s0217984912501461
Year
2012
Journal
Modern Physics Letters B
Origin
Cited (quoted from earlier work)

Evidence from the paper

Table 1. Values of input data^{2,10,19} used in the present calculations: Lower mantle — K0 (GPa) = 206, K'0 = 4.20, K'∞ = 2.41, t = 1.13. 'The main constituents of the lower mantle are silicate perovskites (MgSiO3+CaSiO3).' 'The lower mantle plot given in Fig. 3 is based on the numerical values taken directly from Stacey and Davis. These values refer to an adiabat, and not to an isotherm.'

Additional notes

K prime infinity
2.41
t Eq9
1.13
note
Aggregate lower-mantle values, not single-phase EOS; V0 not reported; values refer to an adiabat per the authors