Constituent
Name
Mg-silicate gel with composition Mg/Si=1.0
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
MgSiO$_{3}$
Chemical formula
MgSiO3
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$Mg$ Magnesium element 1 0.2 0.242108922617785 constituent element main
$Si$ Silicon element 1 0.2 0.279767543558189 constituent element main
$O$ Oxygen element 3 0.6 0.478123533824026 constituent element main
Composition comments
Some hydrogen is present as an impurity
Phase name
amorphous Mg silicate
Phase type
amorphous