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MgBe3

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005496496 · Space group: Pm-3n (#223)

Basic Information

Formula
MgBe3
Alex-ID
agm005496496
Elements
2
Sites
8
Space group
Pm-3n (#223)
Crystal system
cubic
Volume
93.41
ų
Cell a
4.5373
Å
Cell b
4.5373
Å
Cell c
4.5373
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
MgBe3
Mg
2.00 · 25.0%
Be
6.00 · 75.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.5480
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.5413
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-21.2160
eV
Raw total energy
-21.2160
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
4.2375
Total magnetisation
-0.0001
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3_16_spg223

Decomposition

MgBe13 Mg

Computed at

2023-03-18 08:48:38.592052

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: agm005496496).

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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Style: Ball & Stick
Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm005496496
data_agm005496496
_cell_length_a     4.53732
_cell_length_b     4.53732
_cell_length_c     4.53732
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       93.41101
_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
  Mg1 Mg 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Be1 Be 0.00000 0.25000 0.50000 1.00000
  Be2 Be 0.00000 0.75000 0.50000 1.00000
  Be3 Be 0.25000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Be4 Be 0.50000 0.00000 0.25000 1.00000
  Be5 Be 0.50000 0.00000 0.75000 1.00000
  Be6 Be 0.75000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
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