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BeCu2

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005502248 · Space group: P-31m (#162)

Basic Information

Formula
BeCu2
Alex-ID
agm005502248
Elements
2
Sites
9
Space group
P-31m (#162)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
109.86
ų
Cell a
4.4681
Å
Cell b
4.4681
Å
Cell c
6.3544
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
120.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
BeCu2
Be
3.00 · 33.3%
Cu
6.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.3741
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.3113
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-33.3362
eV
Raw total energy
-33.3362
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.2670
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_2196_spg162

Decomposition

Be2Cu Cu

Computed at

2023-03-19 12:05:18.316710

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: agm005502248).

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 agm005502248
data_agm005502248
_cell_length_a     4.46812
_cell_length_b     4.46812
_cell_length_c     6.35439
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  120.00000
_cell_volume       109.86351
_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 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Be2 Be 0.33333 0.66667 0.50000 1.00000
  Be3 Be 0.66667 0.33333 0.50000 1.00000
  Cu1 Cu 0.35588 0.35588 0.77909 1.00000
  Cu2 Cu 0.64412 0.00000 0.77909 1.00000
  Cu3 Cu 0.00000 0.64412 0.77909 1.00000
  Cu4 Cu 0.00000 0.35588 0.22091 1.00000
  Cu5 Cu 0.35588 0.00000 0.22091 1.00000
  Cu6 Cu 0.64412 0.64412 0.22091 1.00000
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