Compressibilities were determined for four pseudobrookite-type magnesium titanate (MgTi2O5) samples with different degrees of Mg-Ti disorder. Compressibilities ofaandcaxes in disordered MgTi2O5were 10% and 7% greater, respectively, than those of a relatively ordered sample. The estimated bulk moduli for fully ordered and disordered MgTi2O5are 167 ± 1 and 158 ± 1 gigapascals, respectively. This difference is an order of magnitude greater than that predicted by bulk modulus–volume systematics. Cation order, in addition to composition and structure information, is thus important when documenting the elasticity of crystalline phases. Elastic constants of mantle silicates that are subject to pressure-induced cation ordering must be reevaluated.
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