Name and formula

Reference code:

01-085-1436

Mineral name:
Compound name:
Common name:
ICSD name:

Magnetite
Iron Oxide
Iron
Iron Oxide

Empirical formula:
Chemical formula:

Fe3O4
Fe3O4

Crystallographic parameters
Crystal system:
Space group:
Space group number:
a ():
b ():
c ():
Alpha ():
Beta ():
Gamma ():

Cubic
Fd-3m
227
8,3930
8,3930
8,3930
90,0000
90,0000
90,0000

Calculated density (g/cm^3):

5,20
Measured density (g/cm^3):
5,18
Volume of cell (10^6 pm^3): 591,22
Z:
8,00
RIR:

5,07

Subfiles and quality

Subfiles:

Quality:

Alloy, metal or intermetalic

Corrosion
ICSD Pattern
Inorganic
Mineral
Calculated (C)

Comments
ICSD collection code:
064829
Creation Date:
01/01/1970
Modification Date:
01/01/1970
ICSD Collection Code:
064829
Temperature Factor:
ATF
Calculated Pattern Original Remarks:
REM
M PDF 00-019-0629, cp. 26410
Test from ICSD:
Calc. density unusual but tolerable
Test from ICSD:
At least one TF implausible

Sample Source or Locality:

Additional Patterns:
The Structure of Magnetite:

Specimen from Iron County, UT, USA

See PDF 01-082-1533
Defect Structure II. e d b a (FD3-MZ). AB2X4.

References
Primary reference:
Structure:

Calculated from ICSD using POWD-12++, (1997)

Fleet, M.E., Acta Crystallogr., Sec. B, 38, 1718, (1982)

Peak list
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

h
1
2
3
2
4
3
4
5
4
5
6
5
6
4
7
6
7

k
1
2
1
2
0
3
2
1
4
3
2
3
2
4
1
4
3

Stick Pattern

l
1
0
1
2
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
3
2
4
1
2
1

d [A]
4,84570
2,96737
2,53058
2,42285
2,09825
1,92549
1,71321
1,61523
1,48369
1,41868
1,32705
1,27992
1,26529
1,21143
1,17526
1,12156
1,09268

2Theta[deg] I [%]
18,294
10,9
30,091
30,1
35,444
100,0
37,076
7,9
43,076
20,8
47,163
0,7
53,439
8,8
56,966
28,1
62,554
37,5
65,772
0,9
70,966
2,9
74,003
7,0
75,005
3,0
78,968
2,3
81,904
0,4
86,756
3,0
89,653
10,2