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ZnCl2

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· ZnCl2

Zinc chloride (ZnCl2) is an inorganic ceramic compound that exists as a white crystalline solid at room temperature, commonly classified as a halide ceramic. It serves primarily as a precursor material and chemical reagent in industrial synthesis, metallurgy, and materials processing rather than as a structural ceramic in end-use applications. ZnCl2 is valued in galvanizing operations, pharmaceutical manufacturing, textile processing, and as a starting material for synthesizing other zinc-based ceramics and compounds; engineers select it when zinc ion functionality or zinc oxide formation is required in wet chemistry, doping, or activation processes.

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)2 entries	6.597	GPa	DFT
↳	17.84	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Exfoliation Energy(Eexf)	77.92	meV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.2700	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)2 entries	4.787	GPa	DFT
↳	10.41	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	3.076	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	3.758	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	6.031	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)3 entries	6.817	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	5.200	-	DFT · PBE
↳	4.095 range 2.999–5.191median of 2 measurements	-	DFT · PBEsol
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	3.521	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.807	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Electronic Dielectric Tensor(ε∞)	Matrix (redacted)	-	DFT · PBE
Total Dielectric Tensor(ε)	Matrix (redacted)	-	DFT · PBE
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)2 entries	0.3226	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	0.03058	C/m²	DFT · PBE
Piezoelectric Stress Tensor(eij)	Matrix (redacted)	C/m²	DFT · PBE
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000588	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00137	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-97.27	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	405.8	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	0.000	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.00270	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries	-1.162	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	-1.434	eV/atom	Measured

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