Card No: 3273       Created: 08/08/1997    Last edition: 13/01/2009

Name: FORSTERITE
Specification: [52], structure type - olivine, analogue
Formula: LiMgPO4
Symmetry Class: orthorhombic
Space Group: P nma
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 10.1470 | b = 5.9090 | c = 4.6920
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 4Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 281.33
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 28 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 42.36
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 1262
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 2.98
R-factor: R = 0.0480MU, 1/cm: µ = 93.803
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 31.488
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45