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Vanadium Carbide (VC) is a refractory ceramic compound that combines vanadium metal with carbon, forming a hard intermetallic phase commonly used as a strengthening constituent in composite materials and coatings. It appears in cutting tools, wear-resistant applications, and high-temperature structural materials where its hardness and thermal stability provide significant performance advantages over softer metallic alternatives. Engineers select VC-based compositions when extreme hardness, resistance to plastic deformation under load, and retention of strength at elevated temperatures are critical design requirements.

cutting tool insertswear-resistant coatingsrefractory compositeshigh-temperature structural componentscemented carbide strengthening phaseabrasion-resistant surfaces

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)3 entries	44,491.6	ksi	DFT
↳	44,240.9	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	44,491.6	ksi	DFT · PBE
Elastic Compliance Tensor(Sij)	Matrix (redacted)	1/GPa	DFT · PBE
Elastic Anisotropy(AU)	0.06626	-	DFT · PBE
Elastic Stiffness Tensor(Cij)	Matrix (redacted)	ksi	DFT · PBE
Poisson's Ratio(ν)2 entries	0.2200	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	0.2277	-	DFT · PBE
Shear Modulus(G)3 entries	29,608.5	ksi	DFT
↳	30,339	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	29,608.5	ksi	DFT · PBE

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.2085	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	0.000132	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.000131	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-4.260	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	-4.260	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.06330	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.4834	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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