HgB2C8N8 — Properties & Data | MatWorld

HgB2C8N8

ceramic

· JVASP-29547· HgB2C8N8

HgB2C8N8 is an advanced ceramic compound containing mercury, boron, carbon, and nitrogen elements, representing a research-phase material in the family of complex multi-element ceramics. This composition suggests potential as a high-modulus ceramic for specialized applications where the unique combination of elemental properties—particularly boron and carbon for hardness and nitrogen for thermal stability—could offer performance advantages. While not yet established in mainstream industrial production, materials in this chemical family are investigated for extreme environment applications where conventional ceramics reach performance limits.

Research and development phaseHigh-temperature structural ceramicsWear-resistant coatingsComposite reinforcement phasesExperimental aerospace applicationsUltra-hard material research

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	18.61	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.3600	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	6.730	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	2.278	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	4.468	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	5.845	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)	5.251	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	2.900	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.564	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000903	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.000217	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-250.3	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	413.8	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)	0.6527	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	0.3540	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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