Constituent
Name
Mg-silicate gel with composition Mg/Si=2.4
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$_{2.4}$SiO$_{4.4}$
Chemical formula
Mg2.4SiO4.4
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$Mg$ Magnesium element 2.4 0.307692307692308 0.371980053420958 constituent element main
$Si$ Silicon element 1 0.128205128205128 0.179099735828607 constituent element main
$O$ Oxygen element 4.4 0.564102564102564 0.448920210750435 constituent element main
Composition comments
Some hydrogen is present as an impurity
Phase name
amorphous Mg silicate
Phase type
amorphous