Constituent
Name
Mg-silicate gel with composition Mg/Si=0.7
Family
covalent network solid
Class
tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type
silicate
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0 $\pm$ 0.02
Chemical composition
Formula
Mg$_{0.7}$SiO$_{2.7}$
Chemical formula
Mg0.7SiO2.7
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$Mg$ Magnesium element 0.7 0.159090909090909 0.192684086436087 constituent element main
$Si$ Silicon element 1 0.227272727272727 0.318078520563124 constituent element main
$O$ Oxygen element 2.7 0.613636363636364 0.489237393000789 constituent element main
Composition comments
Some hydrogen is present as an impurity
Phase name
amorphous Mg silicate
Phase type
amorphous