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Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm006148449 · Space group: C222_1 (#20)

Basic Information

Formula
BC
Alex-ID
agm006148449
Elements
2
Sites
12
Space group
C222_1 (#20)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
82.28
ų
Cell a
6.0622
Å
Cell b
6.0622
Å
Cell c
3.6825
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
142.55
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
BC
B
6.00 · 50.0%
C
6.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.3918
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.3281
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-91.4708
eV
Raw total energy
-91.4708
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.5484
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB_3550_spg3

Decomposition

B4C C

Computed at

2023-08-18 12:27:04.878710

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: agm006148449).

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 agm006148449
data_agm006148449
_cell_length_a     6.06220
_cell_length_b     6.06220
_cell_length_c     3.68251
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  142.55495
_cell_volume       82.28259
_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 0.87751 0.68526 0.22401 1.00000
  B2 B 0.47969 0.52031 0.50000 1.00000
  B3 B 0.35364 0.64636 0.00000 1.00000
  B4 B 0.95583 0.48140 0.72401 1.00000
  B5 B 0.51860 0.04417 0.27599 1.00000
  B6 B 0.31474 0.12249 0.77599 1.00000
  C1 C 0.16983 0.83017 0.50000 1.00000
  C2 C 0.13699 0.30366 0.25000 1.00000
  C3 C 0.84036 0.15964 0.50000 1.00000
  C4 C 0.66351 0.33649 0.00000 1.00000
  C5 C 0.99297 0.00703 0.00000 1.00000
  C6 C 0.69634 0.86301 0.75000 1.00000
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