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NiCl2

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· NiCl2

Nickel chloride (NiCl₂) is an inorganic salt compound consisting of nickel and chlorine, commonly available as a hexahydrate in industrial and laboratory settings. It serves primarily as a precursor material in electroplating, catalysis, and battery chemistry, where its solubility and redox properties enable metal deposition and ion-exchange applications. Engineers select NiCl₂ for processes requiring controlled nickel sourcing, corrosion resistance coatings, and specialized chemical synthesis, though it is more frequently encountered as a process chemical rather than a structural material in finished products.

electroplating and metal finishingbattery electrolytes and chemistrycatalytic applicationschemical synthesis precursorcorrosion-resistant coatingslaboratory analytical reagent

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	31.94	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Exfoliation Energy(Eexf)	66.03	meV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.4100	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	9.450	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	3.683	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)	0.7810	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)	465.4	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)	51.70	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Magnetic Moment(μB)	2.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.00187	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00175	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-386.8	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	418.3	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries	-0.6243	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	-1.053	eV/atom	Measured

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