Card No: 50       Created: 14/10/1997    Last edition: 13/01/2009

Name: AKERMANITE
Specification: [10], structure type - melilite, at 3.79 GPa
Formula: Ca2MgSi2O7
Symmetry Class: tetragonal
Space Group: P 4(-)2(1)m
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 7.7494 | c = 4.9428
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 2Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 296.83
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 24 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 89.40
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 589
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.05
R-factor: R = 0.0440MU, 1/cm: µ = 208.217
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 68.283
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45