BrF5

ceramic

· BrF5

Bromine pentafluoride (BrF₅) is a nonorganic halide compound classified as a ceramic material, characterized by its dense crystalline structure and significant elastic properties. While primarily used as a specialized industrial chemical rather than a structural ceramic, BrF₅ serves critical roles in uranium enrichment processes and as a fluorinating agent in advanced chemical synthesis. Engineers encounter this material in corrosion-resistant containment systems, high-purity chemical processing equipment, and specialized nuclear fuel cycle applications where its extreme oxidizing and fluorinating capability is leveraged, though handling requires robust material selection due to its highly reactive nature.

nuclear fuel processinguranium enrichmentfluorination reactionscorrosion-resistant containmentspecialized chemical synthesishigh-purity production equipment

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	2,068.2	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.3000	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	1,066	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.1170	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	3.168	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	5.510	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)2 entries	4.349	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	3.160	-	DFT · PBE
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	3.264	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.409	-	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)2 entries	0.1368	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	0.2301	C/m²	DFT · PBE
Piezoelectric Stress Tensor(eij)	Matrix (redacted)	C/m²	DFT · PBE
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000869	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00125	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-338.9	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	333.4	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	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.9547	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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