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PCl5

ceramic

· JVASP-55634· PCl5

Phosphorus pentachloride (PCl₅) is a covalent molecular compound classified here as a ceramic material, though it exhibits properties intermediate between traditional ceramics and molecular solids. It serves primarily as a chemical reagent and intermediate in industrial synthesis rather than as a structural engineering material, with applications in chlorination reactions, phosphorus chemistry, and specialized chemical processing where its reactivity and chlorinating ability are essential.

Chemical synthesis and chlorinationPhosphorus compound productionLaboratory reagentIndustrial chemical intermediateSpecialty chemical processing

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Bulk Modulus(K)	2.000	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	720.0	MPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	2.245	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	1.864	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.900	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)	3.224	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000198	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.000202	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-235	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	389.3	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	5.870	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.01170	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.5413	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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