Over 1 Mbar generation in the Kawai-type multianvil apparatus and its application to compression of (Mg0.92Fe0.08)SiO3 perovskite and stishovite

We generated pressures up to 109.3 GPa in a Kawai-type multianvil apparatus (KMA) equipped with sintered diamond anvils by means of in situ X-ray observation with synchrotron radiation. The unit cell parameters of (Mg0.92Fe0.08)SiO3 perovskite, SiO2 stishovite, and the CaCl2-type polymorph of SiO2 were measured as functions of pressure. We determined the isothermal bulk modulus, KT0, and its pressure derivative, K 0 ′ , at zero pressure, to be 268 (3) GPa and 3.8 (0.1), respectively, for (Mg0.92Fe0.08)SiO3 perovskite. Stishovite transforms to the CaCl2-type phase at approximately 54 GPa at 300 K. Compression through stishovite and the CaCl2-type phase can be represented by a single compression curve with KT0 = 299 (4) GPa and K 0 ′ = 4.6 ( 0.2 ) .