Table 1 Molar volumes of mineral components at ambient conditions

From: Phase relations of bridgmanite, the most abundant mineral in the Earth’s lower mantle

Mineral

Components

Molar volume (cm3 mol−1)

Bridgmanite

MgSiO3

24.47(1)a

Fe2+SiO3

25.35(2)b

AlAlO3

25.84(3)c

MgAlO2.5□0.5

26.64(10)d

Fe3+Fe3+O3

29.55(3)e

MgFe3+O2.5□0.5

27.65(1)e

Fe3+AlO3

27.09(6)e

Corundum

AlAlO3

25.64(1)c

MgSiO3

26.06(9)c

Akimotoite

MgSiO3

26.46(1)d

Ferropericlase

MgO

11.25e

FeO

12.26e

Post-spinel phase

MgAl2O4

36.14(1)f

Mg2SiO4

36.49(2)f

  1. There are no data about pPv or Dvm due to their unquenchability.
  2. aHoriuch et al.33; bKudo et al.73; cLiu et al.114; dLiu et al.119; eHuang et al.125, fKojitani et al.113.
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