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MP-ID: mp-1001581 · Space group: P6/mmm (#191)

Basic Information

Formula
LiC6
MP-ID
mp-1001581
Elements
2
Sites
7
Density
2.2377
g/cm³
Volume
58.63
ų
Cell a
3.6495
Å
Cell b
4.3069
Å
Cell c
4.3069
Å
α Angle
120.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
P6/mmm
Point Group
6/mmm
Crystal System
Hexagonal
Bravais Lattice
hP
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
0.7405

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 11)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
23.86 3.7299 1.3 (0,0,0,1)
24.39 3.6495 100.0 (1,0,-1,0)
34.38 2.6086 1.4 (1,1,-2,0)
41.95 2.1535 8.9 (0,1,-1,1)
49.12 1.8547 19.9 (1,1,-2,1)
49.98 1.8248 10.5 (2,0,-2,0)
67.25 1.3922 2.5 (2,1,-3,1)
76.64 1.2433 4.4 (0,0,0,3)
76.64 1.2433 2.2 (0,3,-3,-3)
78.65 1.2165 1.3 (3,0,-3,0)
81.85 1.1769 7.1 (1,0,-1,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.03472
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-8.90188
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0005
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-8.9019
eV/atom
Volume/atom
8.38
ų
c/a Ratio
1.1801

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
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
150.185
GPa
GVRH
115.671
GPa
Young's Modulus E
276.124
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.194
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.298
Vickers Hardness Est.
20.732
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
26.218
Lame λ
73.071
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
C · 0.857
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.143
Interstitial Fraction
0.857
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
26.2180
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.1940
Debye Temperature
1,162.5
K
Sound Velocity
7,931.9
m/s
Homogeneity
0.1940

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (3)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1001581
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of LiC6 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1001581, 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_LiC6
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.64950390
_cell_length_b   4.30693209
_cell_length_c   4.30693209
_cell_angle_alpha   119.99999794
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   LiC6
_chemical_formula_sum   'Li1 C6'
_cell_volume   58.62738454
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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
  Li  Li0  1  0.00000000  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  C  C1  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.33361240  1.0
  C  C2  1  0.50000000  0.33361240  0.00000000  1.0
  C  C3  1  0.50000000  0.66638760  0.66638760  1.0
  C  C4  1  0.50000000  -0.00000000  0.66638760  1.0
  C  C5  1  0.50000000  0.66638760  -0.00000000  1.0
  C  C6  1  0.50000000  0.33361240  0.33361240  1.0
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