Inorganic Solid Phases

CaMgSi2O6 (p = 5.30 GPa) Crystal Structure

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General Information

  • Phase Label(s): CaMgSi2O6
  • Structure Class(es): –
  • Classification by Properties: –
  • Mineral Name(s): diopside
  • Pearson Symbol: mS40
  • Space Group: 15
  • Phase Prototype: CaMgSi2O6
  • Measurement Detail(s): automatic diffractometer (determination of cell and structural parameters), X-rays, Mo Kα (determination of cell and structural parameters), p = 5.30 GPa (determination of cell and structural parameters)
  • Phase Class(es): –
  • Compound Class(es): silicate
  • Interpretation Detail(s): complete structure determined; pressure dependence studied, 347 reflections; I > 2σ(I), R = 0.037; wR = 0.039
  • Sample Detail(s): diopside sample from U.S.A. New York, De Kalb, chemical analysis; Ca0.99Na0.02Mg0.98Fe0.02Al0.01Si1.99O6, single crystal (determination of cell parameters), single crystal, 0.050×0.080×0.130 mm3 (determination of structural parameters)

Substance Summary

  • Standard Formula: CaMgSi2O6
  • Alphabetic Formula: CaMgO6Si2
  • Published Formula: CaMgSi2O6
  • Refined Formula: CaMgO6Si2
  • Wyckoff Sequence: 15,f4e2
  • Z Formula Units: 4
  • Density: ρ = 3.42 Mg·m−3
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Crystallographic Data

Cell Parameters

Published Data
Standardized Data
Unit Cell
Niggli-Reduced Cell
Space Group
a
b
c
α
β
γ
a/b
b/c
c/a
V

Atom Coordinates

Standardized

Site
Element
Wyckoff Symbol
Symmetry
X
Y
Z
Occupation
Co-ord. No.
Atomic Env.

Published

Site
Element
Wyckoff Symbol
Symmetry
X
Y
Z
Occupation

Displacement Parameters

Isotropic

Site
Published
B [nm2]
Type
Computed
Beq [nm2]

Anisotropic

Site
β11 [nm2]
β22 [nm2]
β33 [nm2]
β12 [nm2]
β13 [nm2]
β23 [nm2]

Experimental Details

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  • Database name

    PAULING FILE Multinaries Edition – 2012

  • Dataset ID

    sd_1615915

  • Copyright

    ©Springer & Material Phases Data System (MPDS), Switzerland & National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, 2016

  • Chief Editor

    Pierre Villars, Material Phases Data System (MPDS), CH-6354 Vitznau, Switzerland

    villars.mpds@bluewin.ch

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    SpringerMaterials Release 2016.

    Data generated pre-2002: © Springer & MPDS & NIMS; post-2001: © Springer & MPDS

    All Rights Reserved. Version 2016.10.

    Project Coordinator: Shuichi Iwata

    Section-Editor: Karin Cenzual (Crystal Structures)

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