Abstract
Calcium ferrite-type MgAl2O4 is one of major endmembers of a calcium ferrite phase. In this study, mode Grüneisen parameters of calcium ferrite-type MgAl2O4 were determined from pressure dependences of lattice vibrational frequencies by high-pressure micro-Raman spectroscopy using a diamond anvil cell apparatus. By combining them with the results of a vibrational mode calculation, the thermal Grüneisen parameter was obtained to be 1.50(5) from a weighted average of the mode Grüneisen parameters for all optic modes.