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Basic Information

Formula
BeSiP2
MP-ID
mp-1008491
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
3.2024
g/cm³
Volume
51.36
ų
Cell a
4.1723
Å
Cell b
4.1723
Å
Cell c
4.1723
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
60.00
°
γ Angle
60.00
°
Space Group
Fm-3m
Point Group
m-3m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cF
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 10)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
26.16 3.4067 15.7 (1,1,1)
30.30 2.9503 11.3 (1,1,0)
43.37 2.0862 100.0 (2,1,1)
51.36 1.7791 6.9 (2,2,1)
53.82 1.7033 2.5 (2,2,2)
63.02 1.4751 15.8 (2,2,0)
69.43 1.3537 2.8 (3,2,2)
71.51 1.3194 3.1 (3,2,1)
79.59 1.2044 33.6 (3,3,2)
85.51 1.1356 2.1 (3,3,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.56091
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-4.43801
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.9335
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.4380
eV/atom
Volume/atom
12.84
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0002
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
92.997
GPa
GVRH
-108.517
GPa
Young's Modulus E
-
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
-
Pugh Ratio K/G
-0.857
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
0.099
Lame λ
165.342
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
P · 0.500
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.750
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0397
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.6442
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.3418
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
2.549%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.2557
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
4.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-24.539
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1008491
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of BeSiP2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1008491, 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_BeSiP2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.17230336
_cell_length_b   4.17230336
_cell_length_c   4.17230336
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   BeSiP2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Be1 Si1 P2'
_cell_volume   51.35853599
_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
  Be  Be0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Si  Si1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  P  P2  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  P  P3  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
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