Card No: 2892       Created: 12/12/2008    Last edition: 25/03/2015

Name: DIOPSIDE
Specification: [102], structure type - diopside, at 1atm
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
Symmetry Class: monoclinic-beta
Space Group: C 2/c
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 9.7397 | b = 8.9174 | c = 5.2503 | beta = 105.9000
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 4Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 438.63
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 40 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 66.05
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

-
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.28
R-factor: -MU, 1/cm: µ = 180.734
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 55.133
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45