Point defects and non-stoichiometry in forsterite

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Jun 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975pepi...10..183s&link_type=abstract

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 10, Issue 2, p. 183-192.

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Existing experimental evidence suggests that in pure Mg-forsterite with a fixed Mg/Si ratio, vacancies and interstitials on the Mg sublattice are the dominant intrinsic point defects, while O vacancies and conduction-band electrons are the primary oxygen-deficient defects. Orthopyroxene appears to dissolve readily in pure Mg-forsterite at high temperatures, the change in Mg/Si ratio being accommodated by Mg vacancies and Si interstitials; as a consequence, upper-mantle forsterite may be substantially non-stoichiometric. It is postulated that the amount of Fe that can be oxidized in the forsterite phase is directly related to the excess Si present, either incorporated in the structure, or available from another phase richer in SiO2 such as pyroxene.

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