PuGe3 — Properties & Data | MatWorld

PuGe3

ceramic

· JVASP-18114· PuGe3

PuGe3 is an intermetallic ceramic compound combining plutonium and germanium, belonging to the rare-earth and actinide compound family. This material exists primarily in research and specialized nuclear contexts rather than conventional commercial engineering applications. Its use is restricted to advanced nuclear fuel development, materials science research, and potential nuclear thermal propulsion systems where its thermal and structural properties under extreme conditions are of scientific interest.

nuclear fuel researchactinide materials sciencehigh-temperature ceramicsextreme environment testingfundamental physics researchspecialized defense/aerospace applications

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

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	10,917	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.2800	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	5,766.7	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.3548	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)	0.000	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
Magnetic Moment(μB)	4.938	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.00135	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00146	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-21.87	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	-22.81	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)	-0.4482	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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