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NdCl3

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· NdCl3

Neodymium chloride (NdCl₃) is an inorganic ceramic compound and rare-earth chloride salt, typically encountered as a crystalline solid or in solution form. It serves primarily as a precursor chemical and dopant material in specialized optical, photonic, and luminescent applications rather than as a structural ceramic. The compound is valued in research and industrial settings for its role in producing neodymium-doped laser crystals, phosphors, and optical fibers, where neodymium's unique electronic properties enable efficient light emission and amplification; it is also used in catalysis and as a starting material for synthesizing other rare-earth ceramics and functional materials.

laser crystal dopant (Nd:YAG systems)optical fiber and amplifier productionphosphor and luminescent materialsrare-earth catalyst precursorresearch and specialty optics

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	6,198.9	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.2800	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	3,259	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.1484	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)	4.340	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)	9.911	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.01590	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries	-2.416	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	-2.696	eV/atom	Measured

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