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Table 2 Comparison of lattice constants between MD simulations and experiments

From: Structure and properties of forsterite-MgSiO₃ liquid interface: molecular dynamics study

	Forsterite		Enstatite
	MD	Exp ^a	MD	Exp ^c
a (Ǻ)	4.8709	4.7534	18.921	18.230
b (Ǻ)	10.2820	10.1902	8.840	8.817
c (Ǻ)	6.1249	5.9783	5.388	5.181
Density (g cm^-3)	3.0467	3.2275	2.960	3.203
K ₀ (GPa)	128	129^b	95.0	95.8^d
K′	5.69	4.2^b	11.0	14.9^d

MD, molecular dynamics; Exp, experiments. ^aFujino et al. 1981. ^bDuffy et al. 1995. ^cMorimoto and Koto 1969. ^dAngel and Hugh-Jones 1994.

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