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ReTe

ceramic

· JVASP-39487· ReTe

ReTe is a ceramic compound combining rhenium and tellurium, representing an intermetallic or chalcogenide ceramic material. While not commonly used in conventional engineering applications, this material family is primarily of research interest for specialized high-temperature, electronic, or photonic applications where the unique properties of rhenium-tellurium systems—such as thermal stability or semiconducting behavior—may offer advantages. Engineers would consider ReTe variants only in advanced development contexts where standard ceramics or semiconductors prove inadequate.

high-temperature ceramics researchsemiconductor/optoelectronic compoundsspecialized refractory applicationsexperimental material systems

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.4456	lb/in³	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)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.00122	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00130	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-12.54	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	-13.09	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.8415	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	0.8415	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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