YGa2 is a ceramic compound in the yttrium-gallium oxide family, representing a material system of interest for high-performance applications requiring both mechanical rigidity and thermal stability. While detailed compositional and industrial deployment data are limited in standard references, materials in this family are typically explored for optoelectronic substrates, high-temperature structural applications, and specialized thin-film or single-crystal forms. Engineers would consider YGa2 primarily in research and development contexts where gallium-based ceramics offer advantages in thermal management, chemical inertness, or lattice-matching for epitaxial growth—though material availability and cost-benefit analysis against established alternatives like sapphire or stabilized zirconia would be critical decision factors.
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| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bulk Modulus(K)2 entries | 73.35 | GPa | — | ||
| ↳ | 80.17 | GPa | — | ||
Poisson's Ratio(ν) | 0.2000 | - | — | ||
Shear Modulus(G)2 entries | 54.61 | GPa | — | ||
| ↳ | 58.58 | GPa | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Density(ρ) | 6.061 | kg/m³ | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Band Gap(Eg) | 0.000 | eV | — | ||
Magnetic Moment(μB) | 0.000 | µB | — | ||
Seebeck Coefficient(S) | -3.933 | µV/K | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull) | 0.000 | eV/atom | — | ||
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries | -0.7058 | eV/atom | — | ||
| ↳ | -0.6771 | eV/atom | — |