CeAu2 is an intermetallic compound composed of cerium and gold, belonging to the rare-earth metal family. This material is primarily of research and academic interest rather than established in high-volume industrial production, studied for its unique electronic and thermal properties that emerge from the strong interaction between cerium's f-electrons and gold's conduction band. Engineers encounter CeAu2 in specialized applications requiring materials with unusual magnetic behavior, heavy-fermion characteristics, or as a model system for understanding rare-earth intermetallic behavior in condensed matter physics and materials science research.
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| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bulk Modulus(K) | 13,587.1 | ksi | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Poisson's Ratio(ν) | 0.3500 | - | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Shear Modulus(G) | 4,065.4 | ksi | DFT · OptB88vdW |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Density(ρ) | 0.4733 | lb/in³ | DFT · OptB88vdW |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Band Gap(Eg) | 0.000 | eV | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Magnetic Moment(μB) | 0.00100 | µB | DFT · OptB88vdW |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull) | 0.000 | eV/atom | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries | -0.5959 | eV/atom | Measured | ||
| ↳ | -0.7805 | eV/atom | DFT · OptB88vdW |
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