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 | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bulk Modulus(K)2 entries | 6.597 | GPa | — | ||
| ↳ | 17.84 | GPa | — | ||
Exfoliation Energy(Eexf) | 77.92 | meV/atom | — | ||
Poisson's Ratio(ν) | 0.2700 | - | — | ||
Shear Modulus(G)2 entries | 4.787 | GPa | — | ||
| ↳ | 10.41 | GPa | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Density(ρ) | 3.076 | kg/m³ | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Band Gap(Eg) | 3.940 | eV | — | ||
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)3 entries | 5.200 | - | — | ||
| ↳ | 6.817 | - | — | ||
| ↳ | 4.095 range 2.999–5.191median of 2 measurements | - | — | ||
Electronic Dielectric Tensor(ε∞) | Matrix (redacted) | - | — | ||
Total Dielectric Tensor(ε) | Matrix (redacted) | - | — | ||
Magnetic Moment(μB) | 0.000 | µB | — | ||
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)2 entries | 0.03058 | C/m² | — | ||
| ↳ | 0.3226 | C/m² | — | ||
Piezoelectric Stress Tensor(eij) | Matrix (redacted) | C/m² | — | ||
Seebeck Coefficient(S) | -117.6 | µV/K | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull) | 0.00270 | eV/atom | — | ||
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries | -1.434 | eV/atom | — | ||
| ↳ | -1.162 | eV/atom | — |