Copper silicate (CuSiO₃) is an inorganic ceramic compound combining copper and silicate chemistry, typically produced through solid-state synthesis or wet chemical methods. While not a widely commercialized engineering material in mainstream applications, copper silicates are investigated in research contexts for their potential in catalysis, pigmentation, and as precursors for advanced ceramics and copper oxide composites. Engineers encounter this material family primarily in specialized applications requiring copper's catalytic or antimicrobial properties combined with silicate structure stability, or as an intermediate phase in copper-silica system studies for refractories and glass-ceramic development.
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| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Density(ρ) | 3.950 | kg/m³ | DFT · OptB88vdW |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries | 0.000 | eV | DFT · PBE | ||
| ↳ | 0.2470 | eV | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞) | 4.293 | - | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Electron Effective Mass(m*e) | 0.04333 | me | DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C | ||
Hole Effective Mass(m*h) | 0.04333 | me | DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C | ||
Magnetic Moment(μB)2 entries | 0.9820 | μB | DFT | ||
| ↳ | 1.951 | µB | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries | 0.000134 | W/(m·K²) | DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C | ||
| ↳ | 0.000656 | W/(m·K²) | DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C | ||
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries | -153.6 | μV/K | DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C | ||
| ↳ | 153.6 | μV/K | DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull) | 0.09640 | eV/atom | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Formation Energy(ΔHf)3 entries | -1.607 | eV/atom | DFT | ||
| ↳ | 0.9000 | eV/atom | DFT | ||
| ↳ | -1.937 | eV/atom | DFT · OptB88vdW |
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