AcOF

Actinium oxyfluoride is a rare inorganic compound containing actinium, oxygen, and fluorine. Due to the extreme radioactivity and scarcity of actinium, this compound is primarily studied in specialized laboratory settings for fundamental research into actinide chemistry.

AcFO
Crystal structure of AcOF (cubic, F-43m (No. 216))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for AcOF, aggregated across 3 databases.

Band Gap

4.26 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.000 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

On hull (stable)
2 DFT sources

Structures

5
3 databases, 2 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

Lowest-energy structures reported for AcOF, ranked by energy above hull.

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
F-43m (No. 216)cubic4.260.0000-7.8208.27
F-43m (No. 216)
Pmma (No. 51)Orthorhombic7.35
Pmma (No. 51)Orthorhombic8.83
Pmma (No. 51)Orthorhombic9.39
Uses

Applications

Where AcOF is used.

Fundamental actinide researchRadiochemical studies
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about AcOF, answered from cross-validated data.

What is AcOF?

Actinium oxyfluoride is a rare inorganic compound containing actinium, oxygen, and fluorine. Due to the extreme radioactivity and scarcity of actinium, this compound is primarily studied in specialized laboratory settings for fundamental research into actinide chemistry.

More questions
What is AcOF used for?
AcOF is used in fundamental actinide research and radiochemical studies.
What is the band gap of AcOF?
AcOF has a DFT-computed band gap of 4.26 eV across 5 reported structures.
Is AcOF a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a wide band gap up to 4.26 eV it is an insulator / wide-band-gap material.
Is AcOF thermodynamically stable?
Yes — AcOF sits on the convex hull (energy above hull 0 eV/atom), i.e. on hull (stable).
What is the crystal structure of AcOF?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of AcOF is cubic symmetry, space group F-43m (No. 216).
What is the density of AcOF?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of AcOF is 8.27 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of AcOF are known?
5 structures of AcOF are reported across 3 databases, spanning 2 distinct space groups.
What elements does AcOF contain?
AcOF contains Ac, F, and O (3 elements).
Where does the data for AcOF come from?
AcOF data is cross-referenced from materials_project, jarvis, mpaloe.
Data sources & attribution
  • materials_project — Data from the Materials Project. Cite: Jain et al., APL Materials 1, 011002 (2013).
  • jarvis — Data from JARVIS (NIST). Cite: Choudhary et al., npj Comp. Mater. 6, 173 (2020).
  • mpaloe — Data from mpaloe.

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