BeCd₂Ir is an intermetallic ceramic compound containing beryllium, cadmium, and iridium. This is a research-phase material with limited commercial deployment; it belongs to the family of ternary intermetallics studied for potential high-temperature and specialty applications where the combination of light beryllium with refractory iridium offers unique property trade-offs. Due to cadmium's toxicity and the rarity/cost of iridium, applications remain largely confined to academic investigation of phase diagrams, crystal structures, and fundamental material behavior rather than production engineering.
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| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Density(ρ) | 11.07 | kg/m³ | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Band Gap(Eg) | 0.000 | eV | — | ||
Magnetic Moment(μB) | 0.000 | µB | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull) | 0.3790 | eV/atom | — | ||
Formation Energy(ΔHf) | 0.2198 | eV/atom | — |