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Table 5.

SXPD refinement results (lattice parameters) for microwave-dried silicates at 995°C, with percentage contribution of each phase to the crystalline component of the fit and overall percentage contribution of these to the measured SXPD pattern (degree of crystallinity).

Sample Phase Space Lattice parameters (Å) Contribution
group a b c to crystalline
phases %
MgSiO3 Forsterite 1amor Pnmb 6.04 (3) 9.16 (3) 5.89 (4)
Forsterite 2 Pnmb 5.931 (1) 10.341 (3) 6.049 (2) 24.2 Total crystalline
Forsterite 3 Pnmb 6.127 (3) 9.827 (3) 5.837 (1) 10.7 Forsterite 34.9 %
Enstatite 1amor Pbca 18.80 (2) 8.793 (9) 5.277 (7)
Enstatite 2 Pbca 18.439 (6) 8.929 (3) 5.225 (1) 40.3 Total crystalline
Enstatite 3 Pcab 7.995 (2) 18.020 (9) 5.008 (2) 20.0 Enstatite 60.3 %
Cristobalite P41212 4.983 (1) 7.13 (2) 4.8
Degree of crystallinity 42.09%

Mg0.9Fe0.1SiO3 Forsterite 1amor Pnmb 6.0 (4) 9.9 (5) 6.6 (5)
Forsterite 2 Pnmb 6.04 (1) 10.21 (1) 5.949 (7) 100
Degree of crystallinity 2.1%

Mg2SiO4 Forsterite 1amor pnmb 6.2 (3) 10.4 (1) 4.78 (5)
Forsterite 2 pnmb 6.05171 (5) 10.3321 (8) 4.79498 (4) 96.2
Cristobalite P41212 5.0724 (6) 7.111 (1) 3.8
Degree of crystallinity 57.4%

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