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PuIn

ceramic

· JVASP-102690· PuIn

PuIn is an intermetallic ceramic compound formed between plutonium and indium, representing a specialized material in the actinide ceramics family. This compound is primarily of research and nuclear materials science interest, as it exhibits characteristics relevant to advanced nuclear fuel development, metallurgical studies of actinide interactions, and high-density ceramic applications. Engineers and materials scientists would consider PuIn primarily in contexts requiring understanding of plutonium behavior in multi-element systems or in specialized nuclear materials applications where actinide-based ceramics offer unique thermal, mechanical, or chemical properties unavailable in conventional alternatives.

nuclear fuel researchactinide materials sciencehigh-density ceramicsplutonium metallurgyadvanced materials characterizationnuclear waste form development

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

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	46.29	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.1600	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	26.15	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	11.30	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
Magnetic Moment(μB)	5.849	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000665	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.000648	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-19.72	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	-19.54	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.1334	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.2619	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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