| Material name | Magnesium oxide | |||||
| Composition | MgO | |||||
| Chemical formula weight | 40.30 | |||||
| System | Cubic | |||||
| Temperature (ºC) | r.t. | |||||
| a (Å), b (Å), c (Å) | 4.2113(5) | 4.2113(5) | 4.2113(5) | |||
| α (deg), β (deg), γ (deg) | 90 | 90 | 90 | |||
| Unit cell volume (Å3) | 74.69 | |||||
| Calculated density (g/㎝3) | 3.58 | |||||
| Z | 4 | |||||
| Space group | Fm3m (No.225) | |||||
| atom | site | g | x/a | y/b | z/c | B (Å2) |
| Mg | 4a | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.35(1) |
| O | 4b | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0.36(1) |
Reference: M. Boiocchi, F. Caucia, M. Merli, D. Prella and L. Ungaretti, European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 871 (2001).