PuRu — Properties & Data | MatWorld

PuRu

ceramic

· JVASP-16611· PuRu

PuRu is a ceramic compound combining plutonium and ruthenium, belonging to the intermetallic ceramics family. This material is primarily of research and nuclear materials science interest rather than mainstream industrial use, with potential applications in nuclear fuel systems and high-temperature actinide metallurgy where extreme thermal and radiation stability are required. Its dense crystal structure and unusual elastic properties make it noteworthy for fundamental studies of plutonium-based ceramics, though practical engineering adoption remains limited to specialized nuclear and defense research contexts.

nuclear fuel researchactinide ceramicshigh-temperature nuclear materialsradiation-resistant compoundsplutonium metallurgyexperimental intermetallic ceramics

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Bulk Modulus(K)	171.1	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	4.920	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	16.36	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)	0.000	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000378	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.000377	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-12.49	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	-12.47	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.4225	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	0.1788	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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