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HfZn3

ceramic

· JVASP-39998· HfZn3

HfZn3 is an intermetallic ceramic compound combining hafnium and zinc, belonging to the class of high-density metallic ceramics. This material is primarily of research interest for applications requiring extreme hardness, thermal stability, and resistance to oxidation at elevated temperatures. While not yet widely deployed in mainstream industrial production, HfZn3 and similar hafnium-based intermetallics are investigated for specialized aerospace, nuclear, and wear-resistant coating applications where conventional ceramics or superalloys reach performance limits.

high-temperature structural coatingswear-resistant surfacesaerospace research applicationsrefractory compositesnuclear material researchexperimental thermal barriers

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.3489	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)	0.000	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000267	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.000227	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	8.593	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	7.903	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.2016	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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