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B3C2

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm006147259 · Space group: Cm (#8)

Basic Information

Formula
B3C2
Alex-ID
agm006147259
Elements
2
Sites
10
Space group
Cm (#8)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
75.94
ų
Cell a
4.9329
Å
Cell b
4.9329
Å
Cell c
6.4572
Å
α angle
68.35
°
β angle
68.35
°
γ angle
31.55
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
B3C2
B
6.00 · 60.0%
C
4.00 · 40.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.4219
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.3454
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-73.5057
eV
Raw total energy
-73.5057
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.2816
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.0112
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A2B3_1114_spg8

Decomposition

B4C C

Computed at

2023-08-18 15:39:42.511603

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: agm006147259).

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 agm006147259
data_agm006147259
_cell_length_a     4.93286
_cell_length_b     4.93286
_cell_length_c     6.45720
_cell_angle_alpha  68.35107
_cell_angle_beta   68.35107
_cell_angle_gamma  31.55403
_cell_volume       75.94126
_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
  B1 B 0.08554 0.08554 0.00587 1.00000
  B2 B 0.71427 0.71427 0.03685 1.00000
  B3 B 0.85128 0.85128 0.75418 1.00000
  B4 B 0.61492 0.61492 0.61761 1.00000
  B5 B 0.36850 0.36850 0.33035 1.00000
  B6 B 0.13755 0.13755 0.24580 1.00000
  C1 C 0.65211 0.65211 0.85004 1.00000
  C2 C 0.43088 0.43088 0.70749 1.00000
  C3 C 0.18885 0.18885 0.45224 1.00000
  C4 C 0.95610 0.95610 0.24955 1.00000
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