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Ca(BC3)4

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Alex-ID: agm071336744 · Space group: I4_1/amd (#141)

Basic Information

Formula
Ca(BC3)4
Alex-ID
agm071336744
Elements
3
Sites
34
Space group
I4_1/amd (#141)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
253.66
ų
Cell a
10.0619
Å
Cell b
10.0619
Å
Cell c
10.0619
Å
α angle
150.02
°
β angle
150.02
°
γ angle
42.91
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ca(BC3)4
Ca
2.00 · 5.9%
B
8.00 · 23.5%
C
24.00 · 70.6%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.4606
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.3276
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-267.6575
eV
Raw total energy
-267.6575
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.1625
eV
DOS at Fermi level
3.6990
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB4C12_286_spg141

Decomposition

CaB6 Ca(BC)2 C

Computed at

2024-08-05 10:58:52.729759

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: agm071336744).

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 agm071336744
data_agm071336744
_cell_length_a     10.06195
_cell_length_b     10.06195
_cell_length_c     10.06195
_cell_angle_alpha  150.02347
_cell_angle_beta   150.02347
_cell_angle_gamma  42.90695
_cell_volume       253.65956
_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
  Ca1 Ca 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.75000 0.25000 0.50000 1.00000
  B1 B 0.37500 0.82375 0.94875 1.00000
  B2 B 0.37500 0.42625 0.55125 1.00000
  B3 B 0.87500 0.42625 0.05125 1.00000
  B4 B 0.87500 0.82375 0.44875 1.00000
  B5 B 0.17625 0.62500 0.05125 1.00000
  B6 B 0.57375 0.62500 0.44875 1.00000
  B7 B 0.57375 0.12500 0.94875 1.00000
  B8 B 0.17625 0.12500 0.55125 1.00000
  C1 C 0.50386 0.71674 0.21288 1.00000
  C2 C 0.24614 0.53326 0.28712 1.00000
  C3 C 0.50386 0.29098 0.78712 1.00000
  C4 C 0.24614 0.95902 0.71288 1.00000
  C5 C 0.04098 0.75386 0.28712 1.00000
  C6 C 0.70902 0.49614 0.21288 1.00000
  C7 C 0.46674 0.75386 0.71288 1.00000
  C8 C 0.28326 0.49614 0.78712 1.00000
  C9 C 0.43790 0.80166 0.36376 1.00000
  C10 C 0.31210 0.44834 0.13624 1.00000
  C11 C 0.43790 0.07414 0.63624 1.00000
  C12 C 0.31210 0.17586 0.86376 1.00000
  C13 C 0.82414 0.68790 0.13624 1.00000
  C14 C 0.92586 0.56210 0.36376 1.00000
  C15 C 0.55166 0.68790 0.86376 1.00000
  C16 C 0.19834 0.56210 0.63624 1.00000
  C17 C 0.58068 0.92512 0.34444 1.00000
  C18 C 0.16932 0.32488 0.15556 1.00000
  C19 C 0.58068 0.23625 0.65556 1.00000
  C20 C 0.16932 0.01375 0.84444 1.00000
  C21 C 0.98625 0.83068 0.15556 1.00000
  C22 C 0.76375 0.41932 0.34444 1.00000
  C23 C 0.67512 0.83068 0.84444 1.00000
  C24 C 0.07488 0.41932 0.65556 1.00000
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