NaCl

Name: NaCl
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ceramic

· NaCl

Sodium chloride (NaCl) is an ionic ceramic compound with a rock-salt crystal structure, characterized by strong electrostatic bonding between sodium and chloride ions. It is widely used in de-icing applications, chemical processing, food preservation, and laboratory settings, where its low cost, abundance, and solubility in water make it the preferred choice over synthetic alternatives. In engineering contexts, NaCl serves specialized roles in thermal energy storage systems, salt-based heat transfer fluids, and as a raw material feedstock for chlor-alkali processes that produce chlorine and caustic soda.

de-icing and road saltchemical processing feedstockthermal energy storagefood preservationlaboratory reagentsalt-based heat transfer media

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)3 entries	3,276.5	ksi	DFT
↳	4,346.8	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	3,276.5	ksi	DFT · PBE
Elastic Compliance Tensor(Sij)	Matrix (redacted)	1/GPa	DFT · PBE
Elastic Anisotropy(AU)	0.1667	-	DFT · PBE
Elastic Stiffness Tensor(Cij)	Matrix (redacted)	ksi	DFT · PBE
Poisson's Ratio(ν)2 entries	0.3900	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	0.2390	-	DFT · PBE
Shear Modulus(G)3 entries	2,070.4	ksi	DFT
↳	2,355.4	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2,070.4	ksi	DFT · PBE

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.08479	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)3 entries	8.500	eV	Measured
↳	5.321	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	8.251	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)	13.78	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	2.729	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.235	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000809	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00162	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-114.7	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	454.5	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
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.1493	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries	-1.787	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	-2.131	eV/atom	Measured

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