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AuCl2

Name: AuCl2
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· JVASP-63865· AuCl2

AuCl2 is a gold chloride compound—a coordination complex combining metallic gold with chlorine ligands. While not a conventional structural metal, it functions as a chemical intermediate and precursor material in advanced synthesis, particularly in organometallic chemistry and materials preparation. This compound is primarily encountered in research and specialized industrial contexts rather than as a bulk engineering material for load-bearing or functional applications; its significance lies in enabling high-purity gold deposition, catalytic applications, and fine chemical synthesis where the chloride ligands can be displaced or reduced to form desired end products.

gold thin-film depositioncatalytic precursororganometallic synthesischemical vapor deposition (CVD)specialty chemical intermediateelectronics/nanotechnology research

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	2,722.4	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.3700	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	963.1	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.2111	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	0.7420	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	0.7210	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	9.030	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	8.294	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	24.76	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.2414	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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