Constituent
Name
Mg-silicate gel with composition Mg/Si=1.5
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$_{1.5}$SiO$_{3.5}$
Chemical formula
Mg1.5SiO3.5
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$Mg$ Magnesium element 1.5 0.25 0.302449210185091 constituent element main
$Si$ Silicon element 1 0.166666666666667 0.232995605640907 constituent element main
$O$ Oxygen element 3.5 0.583333333333333 0.464555184174002 constituent element main
Composition comments
Some hydrogen is present as an impurity
Phase name
amorphous Mg silicate
Phase type
amorphous