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BeC

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Alex-ID: agm002015652 · Space group: I-4m2 (#119)

Basic Information

Formula
BeC
Alex-ID
agm002015652
Elements
2
Sites
2
Space group
I-4m2 (#119)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
14.49
ų
Cell a
3.2265
Å
Cell b
2.2834
Å
Cell c
3.2261
Å
α angle
69.20
°
β angle
60.02
°
γ angle
44.74
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
BeC
Be
1.00 · 50.0%
C
1.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
1.0946
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.9137
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-11.1226
eV
Raw total energy
-11.1226
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.1207
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.3475
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB_617_spg5

Decomposition

Be2C C

Computed at

2021-09-17 14:18:02

Citation

Alexandria website
https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/
Attribution

The crystal structure and related material properties of this entry were obtained from the Alexandria database (Alex-ID: agm002015652).

Reference

Th. Cavignac, J. Schmidt, P.-P. De Breuck, A. Loew, T. F. T. Cerqueira, H.-C. Wang, A. Bochkarev, Y. Lysogorskiy, A. H. Romero, R. Drautz, S. Botti and M. A. L. Marques. AI-Driven expansion and application of the Alexandria database. J. Phys. Mater. 9, 025014 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620

BibTeX
@article{Cavignac2026Alexandria,
  author  = {Cavignac, Th{\'e}o and Schmidt, Jonathan and De Breuck, Pierre-Paul and Loew, Antoine
             and Cerqueira, Tiago F. T. and Wang, Hai-Chen and Bochkarev, Anton
             and Lysogorskiy, Yury and Romero, Aldo H. and Drautz, Ralf and Botti, Silvana
             and Marques, Miguel A. L.},
  title   = {{AI}-Driven expansion and application of the {A}lexandria database},
  journal = {Journal of Physics: Materials},
  year    = {2026},
  volume  = {9},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {025014},
  doi     = {10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620}
}

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm002015652
data_agm002015652
_cell_length_a     3.22651
_cell_length_b     2.28340
_cell_length_c     3.22612
_cell_angle_alpha  69.20374
_cell_angle_beta   60.02156
_cell_angle_gamma  44.73801
_cell_volume       14.49142
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
loop_
_symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  'x, y, z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_type_symbol
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
  Be1 Be 0.10611 0.36398 0.66926 1.00000
  C1 C 0.35600 0.86342 0.16997 1.00000
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