PuGa — Properties & Data | MatWorld

PuGa

ceramic

· JVASP-18536· PuGa

PuGa is a ceramic compound composed of plutonium and gallium, representing an intermetallic ceramic in the actinide family. This material is primarily of research and specialized nuclear/materials science interest rather than widespread industrial use, with applications limited to fundamental studies of actinide chemistry, nuclear fuel development, and high-temperature materials research. PuGa's significance lies in understanding plutonium metallurgy and ceramic phase behavior in extreme conditions, rather than as a practical engineering material for conventional applications.

nuclear materials researchactinide phase studieshigh-temperature ceramics developmentplutonium metallurgymaterials science characterizationexperimental compound

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?Conflict Free?RoHS?REACH?TSCA?Prop 65

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	56.97	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.3400	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	20.00	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	12.08	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	0.000	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	0.000	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000167	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.000169	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-18.99	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	-19.15	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.5412	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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