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. 2017 Apr 13;10(4):406. doi: 10.3390/ma10040406

Table 5.

Molar volume of different rust phases. Data from Crystallographic and Crystallochemical Database for Minerals and their Structural Analogues, WWW-MINCRYST. Institute of Experimental Mineralogy, Russian Academy of Sciences [194].

Phase Molar Volume (cm3/mol)
Goethite (α-FeOOH) 20.84
Lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH) 22.40
Maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) 43.71
Magnetite (Fe3O4) 44.56
Akaganeite (β-FeOOH) 101.62