LuAl8Cu4

metal

· JVASP-118969· LuAl8Cu4

LuAl8Cu4 is a ternary intermetallic compound combining lutetium, aluminum, and copper—a rare-earth aluminum alloy that represents advanced metallurgical research rather than a widely commercialized engineering material. This compound falls within the family of rare-earth aluminum intermetallics, which are investigated for potential applications requiring exceptional hardness, thermal stability, or electronic properties at the expense of conventional processability. The material's engineering relevance lies primarily in academic and specialized industrial research contexts where its unique phase stability and intermetallic strengthening mechanisms may address extreme-condition performance requirements.

high-temperature structural researchrare-earth intermetallic compoundselectronic materials developmentaerospace material screeninghardening phase studiesemerging alloy systems

Compliance & Regulations

?EAR?Conflict Free?RoHS?REACH?TSCA?Prop 65

Units:

si imperial

Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	5.443	kg/m³	—

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Band Gap(Eg)	0.000	eV	—
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	—

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.00160	eV/atom	—
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.2898	eV/atom	—

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Regulatory Screening

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LuAl8Cu4

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Regulatory Screening

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