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Isobaric volume measurements for MgO were carried out at 2.6, 5.4, and 8.2 GPa in the temperature range 300–1073 K using a DIA-type, large-volume apparatus in conjunction with synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. Linear fit of the thermal expansion data over the experimental pressure range yields the pressure derivative, (∂α/∂P) T , of −1.04(8) × 10−6 GPa−1 K−1 and the mean zero-pressure thermal expansion α0, T = 4.09(6) × 10−5 K−1. The α0, T value is in good agreement with results of Suzuki (1975) and Utsumi et al. (1998) over the same temperature range, whereas (∂α/∂P) T is determined for the first time on MgO by direct measurements. The cross-derivative (∂α2/∂P∂T) cannot be resolved because of large uncertainties associated with the temperature derivative of α at all pressures. The temperature derivative of the bulk modulus, (∂K T/∂T) P , of −0.025(3) GPa K−1, obtained from the measured (∂α/∂P) T value, is in accord with previous findings.
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Received: 2 April 1999 / Revised, accepted: 22 June 1999
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Zhang, J. Effect of pressure on the thermal expansion of MgO up to 8.2 GPa. Phys Chem Min 27, 145–148 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002690050001
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002690050001