Bromine trifluoride (BrF3) is a ceramic compound and reactive halogen fluoride that exists as a volatile liquid or solid depending on temperature. While not widely used as a structural engineering material, BrF3 is notable in specialized chemical processing and nuclear fuel applications where its strong oxidizing and fluorinating properties are leveraged for chemical synthesis and uranium enrichment processes. Its use is limited to niche industrial applications due to its extreme reactivity, corrosiveness, and hazardous nature, making it unsuitable for conventional load-bearing or thermal applications but essential in select chemical engineering contexts.
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| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bulk Modulus(K) | 20.01 | GPa | — | ||
Poisson's Ratio(ν) | 0.3000 | - | — | ||
Shear Modulus(G) | 9.390 | GPa | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Density(ρ) | 3.617 | kg/m³ | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Band Gap(Eg) | 2.081 | eV | — | ||
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)2 entries | 8.970 | - | — | ||
| ↳ | 18.23 | - | — | ||
Electronic Dielectric Tensor(ε∞) | Matrix (redacted) | - | — | ||
Total Dielectric Tensor(ε) | Matrix (redacted) | - | — | ||
Magnetic Moment(μB) | 0.000 | µB | — | ||
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)2 entries | 1.056 | C/m² | — | ||
| ↳ | 0.2204 | C/m² | — | ||
Piezoelectric Stress Tensor(eij) | Matrix (redacted) | C/m² | — | ||
Seebeck Coefficient(S) | -333.2 | µV/K | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull) | 0.000 | eV/atom | — | ||
Formation Energy(ΔHf) | -0.9350 | eV/atom | — |