# U3O8: enthalpy of formation > Enthalpy of formation of U3O8: 10 literature value(s) with sources, pages and quotes and DFT values (Materials Project / OQMD), from ORCHID. HTML: https://data.orchid-project.org/compounds/U3O8.html · Markdown: https://data.orchid-project.org/compounds/U3O8.md 10 accepted literature formation-enthalpy value(s) (experimental 7, model 3); experimental median -324.982 kJ/mol-atom (n = 7); Materials Project -357.65 kJ/mol-atom (mp-aaaaaalw); OQMD -323.13 kJ/mol-atom (oqmd-5464). Systems: [O–U](https://data.orchid-project.org/systems/O-U.html) ## Literature values Table: Enthalpy of formation of U3O8 reported in the literature (10) | Value | Phase as printed | T (K) | Class | Method | System | Source | Location | Quote | |---:|---|---:|---|---|---|---|---|---| | -327.265 kJ/mol-atom | U3O8 | 298.15 | experimental | | [O–U](https://data.orchid-project.org/systems/O-U.html) | [1] Chevalier 2002; _cites Burdese 1958_ | Table 10, p. 8, row 20; `ORC-JXRMSJESWZ` | | | -325.781 kJ/mol-atom ± 1.17913 | U3O8 | 298.15 | experimental | | [O–U](https://data.orchid-project.org/systems/O-U.html) | [1] Chevalier 2002; _cites Popov 1957_ [doi](https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01489634) | Table 10, p. 8, row 18; `ORC-BINDL33Z3F` | | | -324.983 kJ/mol-atom ± 0.228218 | U3O8 | 298.15 | experimental | | [O–U](https://data.orchid-project.org/systems/O-U.html) | [1] Chevalier 2002; _cites Huber 1969_ [doi](https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614%2869%2990046-9) | Table 10, p. 8, row 17; `ORC-DQTILNZCUZ` | | | -324.982 kJ/mol-atom ± 0.227273 | U3O8 | 298.15 | experimental | | [O–U](https://data.orchid-project.org/systems/O-U.html) | [1] Chevalier 2002; _cites Cordfunke 1988_ | Table 10, p. 8, row 21; `ORC-2QTBGDKN7R.9e917b` | | | -324.869 kJ/mol-atom ± 0.760727 | U3O8 | 298.15 | experimental | | [O–U](https://data.orchid-project.org/systems/O-U.html) | [1] Chevalier 2002; _cites Rand 1963_ | Table 10, p. 8, row 19; `ORC-HP4S7PXZM7` | | | -324.64 kJ/mol-atom ± 0.608582 | U3O8 | 298.15 | experimental | | [O–U](https://data.orchid-project.org/systems/O-U.html) | [1] Chevalier 2002; _cites Huber 1952_ [doi](https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01133a056) | Table 10, p. 8, row 16; `ORC-S3ZG2MBUFO` | | | -321.483 kJ/mol-atom | U3O8 | 298.15 | experimental | | [O–U](https://data.orchid-project.org/systems/O-U.html) | [1] Chevalier 2002; _cites Mixter 1912_ [doi](https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.19120780119) | Table 10, p. 8, row 15; `ORC-LT4Z22F4ZN` | | | -325.22 kJ/mol-atom | U3O8 (s) | 298.15 | model | | [O–U](https://data.orchid-project.org/systems/O-U.html) | [2] Guéneau 2002 | Table 4, p. 9, row 5; `ORC-CGXG2LYDLD.cfa217` | | | -324.979 kJ/mol-atom ± 0.218 | U3O8 (s) | 298.15 | model | | [O–U](https://data.orchid-project.org/systems/O-U.html) | [2] Guéneau 2002; _cites Grenthe 1992_ | Table 4, p. 9, row 6; `ORC-2EUAFG7A5P.4e7fd1` | | | -324.869 kJ/mol-atom | U3O8 | 298.15 | model | | [O–U](https://data.orchid-project.org/systems/O-U.html) | [1] Chevalier 2002 | Table 10, p. 8, row 22; `ORC-OF5TA7DHXW.332eb4` | | ### Uncertainty budget Components kept separate, in the value's unit (literature [SCHEMA.md](https://data.orchid-project.org/literature/SCHEMA.md), [UNCERTAINTY_CALIBRATION.md](https://data.orchid-project.org/literature/UNCERTAINTY_CALIBRATION.md)): effective = max(sqrt(max(printed, reading, method)^2 + composition^2 + conversion^2), scatter). The method floor is the robust between-study scatter of the method class in ORCHID (calibrated) or a documented prior; printed values and printed uncertainties are unchanged. Table: Uncertainty budget of the literature values of U3O8 | Value | Unit | Printed | Reading | Method (class, basis) | Composition | Scatter | Conversion | Effective | |---:|---|---:|---:|---|---:|---:|---:|---:| | -327.265 | kJ/mol-atom | | 4.545e-6 | 3.5 (unknown, calibrated) | | | | 3.5 | | -325.781 | kJ/mol-atom | 1.179 | 4.545e-5 | 3.5 (unknown, calibrated) | | | | 3.5 | | -324.983 | kJ/mol-atom | 0.2282 | 4.545e-6 | 3.5 (unknown, calibrated) | | | | 3.5 | | -324.982 | kJ/mol-atom | 0.2273 | 0.004545 | 3.5 (unknown, calibrated) | | | | 3.5 | | -324.869 | kJ/mol-atom | 0.7607 | 4.545e-6 | 3.5 (unknown, calibrated) | | | | 3.5 | | -324.64 | kJ/mol-atom | 0.6086 | 4.545e-5 | 3.5 (unknown, calibrated) | | | | 3.5 | | -321.483 | kJ/mol-atom | | 4.545e-6 | 3.5 (unknown, calibrated) | | | | 3.5 | | -325.22 | kJ/mol-atom | | 5.000e-4 | 3.9 (model_calculated, calibrated) | | | | 3.9 | | -324.979 | kJ/mol-atom | 0.218 | 5.000e-4 | 3.9 (model_calculated, calibrated) | | | | 3.9 | | -324.869 | kJ/mol-atom | | 4.545e-6 | 3.9 (model_calculated, calibrated) | | | | 3.9 | ## DFT formation energies Lowest-energy entries at this composition. Materials Project and OQMD use different energy references and are never averaged. 1 eV/atom = 96.485 kJ/mol-atom. Table: DFT formation energy of U3O8 | Source | Entry | kJ/mol-atom | eV/atom | Space group | E above hull (kJ/mol-atom) | E above hull (eV/atom) | Theoretical | |---|---|---:|---:|---|---:|---:|---| | Materials Project | mp-aaaaaalw | -357.65 | -3.7068 | P-62m | 0 | 0 | no | | OQMD | oqmd-5464 | -323.13 | -3.34902 | Amm2 | 1.3093 | 0.0136 | no | DFT sources: A. Jain et al., Commentary: The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation, APL Materials 1 (2013) 011002. [doi:10.1063/1.4812323](https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4812323) (CC BY 4.0); J. E. Saal et al., JOM 65 (2013) 1501-1509; S. Kirklin et al., npj Comput. Mater. 1 (2015) 15010. [doi:10.1007/s11837-013-0755-4](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-013-0755-4) (CC BY 4.0); ## Sources 1. P.-Y. Chevalier, E. Fischer, B. Cheynet, Progress in the thermodynamic modelling of the O–U binary system, Journal of Nuclear Materials 303, 1-28 (2002). [doi:10.1016/s0022-3115(02)00813-9](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3115%2802%2900813-9) 2. C. Guéneau, M. Baichi, D. Labroche, C. Chatillon, B. Sundman, Thermodynamic assessment of the uranium–oxygen system, Journal of Nuclear Materials 304, 161-175 (2002). [doi:10.1016/s0022-3115(02)00878-4](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3115%2802%2900878-4) ## Please cite - R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID-Values: thermodynamic and phase-equilibrium values read from the literature (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23735569 - R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID-Parity: DFT-vs-experiment formation-enthalpy benchmark (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23735943 - R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID data: umbrella record of the ORCHID datasets (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23736065 Also cite the original source of every value you use (paper_citation / paper_doi, and cited_dois for values the paper cites from earlier work); A. Jain et al., The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation, APL Materials 1 (2013) 011002, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4812323 (CC BY 4.0); J. E. Saal et al., JOM 65 (2013) 1501, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-013-0755-4 and S. Kirklin et al., npj Comput. Mater. 1 (2015) 15010, https://doi.org/10.1038/npjcompumats.2015.10 (CC BY 4.0); G. Kim, S. V. Meschel, P. Nash, W. Chen, Experimental formation enthalpies for intermetallic phases and other inorganic compounds, Scientific Data 4 (2017) 170162, https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.162; B. Hallstedt, The SGTE collection of binary datasets, Calphad 89 (2025) 102833, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.calphad.2025.102833 (CC BY 4.0), and the original assessment named in each file. Version 1, machine-extracted: values were read by language-model readers constrained to quote their source and checked automatically, and the release was then audited on the printed pages by adversarial audits, an independent second review of fit-facing records and a preliminary human review of a frozen sample. 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