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BeCl2

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· BeCl2

Beryllium chloride (BeCl2) is an inorganic ceramic compound featuring beryllium bonded with chlorine, commonly encountered as a white crystalline solid. While not widely deployed in structural applications like traditional ceramics, BeCl2 serves niche roles in chemical processing and materials synthesis, particularly as a Lewis acid catalyst and in specialized laboratory contexts. Engineers consider this material primarily for its chemical reactivity and coordination properties rather than load-bearing applications, making it relevant to process chemistry and advanced materials research rather than conventional engineering design.

chemical synthesis and catalysislaboratory reagentsberyllium compound processingLewis acid applicationsmaterials researchspecialty chemical manufacturing

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	16.76	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.2600	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	10.49	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	2.040	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	6.480	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	8.395	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)2 entries	5.048	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	3.100	-	DFT · PBE
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	3.073	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.629	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Electronic Dielectric Tensor(ε∞)	Matrix (redacted)	-	DFT · PBE
Total Dielectric Tensor(ε)	Matrix (redacted)	-	DFT · PBE
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.00118	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00105	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-157.8	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	390.1	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	0.000	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries	-1.492	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	-1.714	eV/atom	Measured

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