NaF

Name: NaF
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ceramic

· NaF

Sodium fluoride (NaF) is an ionic ceramic compound composed of sodium and fluoride ions in a rock-salt crystal structure. It is primarily used in dental products (toothpastes and fluoride treatments) for its proven efficacy in preventing tooth decay and strengthening enamel. Beyond dentistry, NaF serves as a precursor material in fluorine chemistry, an anti-caking agent in food-grade salt, and has research applications in nuclear fuel processing and as a molten-salt coolant in advanced reactor designs; engineers select it when fluoride ion delivery or high-temperature fluorine chemistry is required.

dental care formulationsfluoride-release coatingsnuclear fuel processingmolten-salt thermal systemsfood-grade additivesfluorine compound precursor

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)3 entries	6,900.4	ksi	DFT
↳	7,711.7	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	6,900.4	ksi	DFT · PBE
Elastic Compliance Tensor(Sij)	Matrix (redacted)	1/GPa	DFT · PBE
Elastic Anisotropy(AU)	0.09294	-	DFT · PBE
Elastic Stiffness Tensor(Cij)	Matrix (redacted)	ksi	DFT · PBE
Poisson's Ratio(ν)2 entries	0.2300	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	0.2394	-	DFT · PBE
Shear Modulus(G)3 entries	4,352.5	ksi	DFT
↳	5,235.9	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	4,352.5	ksi	DFT · PBE

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.1014	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)3 entries	6.416	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	10.64	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
↳	10.50	eV	Measured
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)	4.790	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	1.879	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	1.539	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	0.000	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.02140	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries	-2.916	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	-2.982	eV/atom	Measured

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