Card No: 7899       Created: 07/10/2010    Last edition: 22/05/2013

Name: DIOPSIDE
Specification: [111], structure type - diopside, analogue, at 1073oK
Formula: LiGaSi2O6
Symmetry Class: monoclinic-beta
Space Group: C 2/c
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 9.6260 | b = 8.6433 | c = 5.2813 | beta = 110.1000
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 4Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 412.65
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 40 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 31.07
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

-
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.68
R-factor: -MU, 1/cm: µ = 148.794
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 40.410
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45