Constituent
Name
Mg-silicate gel with composition Mg/Si=2.0
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
Mg$_{2}$SiO$_{4}$
Chemical formula
Mg2SiO4
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$Mg$ Magnesium element 2 0.285714285714286 0.345503795139918 constituent element main
$Si$ Silicon element 1 0.142857142857143 0.199622440617202 constituent element main
$O$ Oxygen element 4 0.571428571428571 0.45487376424288 constituent element main
Composition comments
Some hydrogen is present as an impurity
Phase name
amorphous Mg silicate
Phase type
amorphous