PdCl2

Name: PdCl2
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ceramic

· PdCl2

Palladium dichloride (PdCl₂) is an inorganic transition metal compound classified as a ceramic material, consisting of palladium bonded to chlorine. It is primarily used as a catalyst precursor and chemical reagent in laboratory and industrial synthesis rather than as a structural material, with notable applications in organic chemistry, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and cross-coupling reactions. Engineers and chemists select PdCl₂ for its catalytic activity in facilitating carbon-carbon bond formation (notably in Heck, Suzuki, and Sonogashira reactions) and its role as a starting material for generating active palladium catalysts, making it valuable in fine chemical and API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) production.

catalyst precursororganic synthesispharmaceutical manufacturingcross-coupling reactionschemical reagentlaboratory research

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	3,727.5	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
Exfoliation Energy(Eexf)	87.20	meV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.3100	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	1,888.4	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.1535	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	0.5610	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	0.5020	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)	9.855	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	7.527	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	8.802	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Electron Effective Mass(m*e)	0.8867	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Hole Effective Mass(m*h)	1.727	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.00140	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00112	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-219.9	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	285.9	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	15.42	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.03420	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries	-0.4489	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	-0.5984	eV/atom	Measured

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