MoCl5

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· MoCl5

Molybdenum pentachloride (MoCl₅) is a transition metal halide compound that exists primarily as a molecular solid or volatile liquid depending on temperature. It functions as a reactive precursor and catalyst in chemical synthesis rather than as a structural material, and is commonly encountered in laboratory and industrial chemical processing environments. MoCl₅ is valued in the chemical industry for catalyzing organic reactions, producing molybdenum-containing coatings via chemical vapor deposition, and serving as a starting material for synthesizing other molybdenum compounds; engineers select it when molybdenum's catalytic properties are needed without the constraints of working with bulk metallic molybdenum.

chemical catalysischemical vapor deposition precursororganometallic synthesislaboratory reagentthin film depositionspecialty chemicals production

Compliance & Regulations

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Bulk Modulus(K)
Pa
Poisson's Ratio(ν)
-
Shear Modulus(G)
Pa
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Density(ρ)
kg/m³
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Band Gap(Eg)
eV
Magnetic Moment(μB)
µB
Seebeck Coefficient(S)
µV/K
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Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)
eV/atom
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries
eV/atom
eV/atom
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Regulatory Screening

Environmental

Export Control

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