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CaC2

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MP-ID: mp-642822 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
CaC2
MP-ID
mp-642822
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.1835
g/cm³
Volume
194.99
ų
Cell a
6.6960
Å
Cell b
7.7441
Å
Cell c
4.0570
Å
α Angle
79.02
°
β Angle
88.07
°
γ Angle
70.84
°
Space Group
P-1
Point Group
-1
Crystal System
Triclinic
Bravais Lattice
aP
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
-

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
24.79 3.5909 34.5 (0,2,0)
25.55 3.4869 29.4 (1,1,1)
26.83 3.3227 4.4 (2,1,0)
26.84 3.3223 1.1 (1,0,1)
28.23 3.1611 14.7 (2,0,0)
28.78 3.1025 14.2 (1,1,-1)
29.10 3.0689 100.0 (1,-1,-1)
30.96 2.8886 96.2 (2,2,0)
33.25 2.6945 94.6 (1,-1,1)
36.55 2.4582 1.6 (1,-2,-1)
38.39 2.3449 27.7 (1,3,1)
39.04 2.3070 5.3 (2,3,0)
43.93 2.0611 25.8 (2,-2,0)
45.58 1.9904 25.9 (0,0,2)
45.98 1.9737 27.6 (1,3,-1)
46.15 1.9670 25.4 (3,1,1)
46.29 1.9612 4.5 (3,2,1)
46.63 1.9478 17.3 (1,-3,-1)
47.25 1.9238 22.0 (3,1,-1)
47.85 1.9008 15.3 (0,2,2)
48.23 1.8870 4.5 (3,0,-1)
49.48 1.8420 9.0 (2,4,0)
49.57 1.8390 1.4 (3,0,1)
49.80 1.8308 2.2 (3,2,-1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.11347
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-9.09106
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0246
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-6.7964
eV/atom
Volume/atom
16.25
ų
c/a Ratio
0.6059

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Non-metal
Band Gap
2.506
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
58.929
GPa
GVRH
20.203
GPa
Young's Modulus E
54.393
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.346
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.917
Vickers Hardness Est.
0.317
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
2.808
Lame λ
45.460
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
C · 0.667
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.333
Interstitial Fraction
0.667
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
2.8080
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.3460
Debye Temperature
401.7
K
Sound Velocity
3,418.2
m/s
Homogeneity
0.3460

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-642822
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of CaC2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-642822, database version v2026.04.13).

Literature Citation

Horton, M.K., Huck, P., Yang, R.X. et al. Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project. Nat. Mater. 24, 1522–1532 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_CaC2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.69598787
_cell_length_b   7.74406682
_cell_length_c   4.05699111
_cell_angle_alpha   79.01721744
_cell_angle_beta   88.07361975
_cell_angle_gamma   70.84437664
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   CaC2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ca4 C8'
_cell_volume   194.98932755
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Ca  Ca0  1  0.47933820  0.24750950  0.25380395  1.0
  Ca  Ca1  1  0.52066180  0.75249050  0.74619605  1.0
  Ca  Ca2  1  0.02072529  0.75244244  0.24628580  1.0
  Ca  Ca3  1  0.97927471  0.24755756  0.75371420  1.0
  C  C4  1  0.79609087  0.93981746  0.66470179  1.0
  C  C5  1  0.20390913  0.06018254  0.33529821  1.0
  C  C6  1  0.70396155  0.06014515  0.83547778  1.0
  C  C7  1  0.29603845  0.93985485  0.16452222  1.0
  C  C8  1  0.25828614  0.56600163  0.81013360  1.0
  C  C9  1  0.74171386  0.43399837  0.18986640  1.0
  C  C10  1  0.24175227  0.43392188  0.68991817  1.0
  C  C11  1  0.75824773  0.56607812  0.31008183  1.0
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