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Basic Information

Formula
B2CN
MP-ID
mp-1008527
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
3.1256
g/cm³
Volume
25.31
ų
Cell a
2.5255
Å
Cell b
2.5255
Å
Cell c
3.9683
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
P-4m2
Point Group
-42m
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Bravais Lattice
tP
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 8)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
22.40 3.9683 5.3 (0,0,1)
35.55 2.5255 1.0 (1,0,0)
42.43 2.1306 100.0 (1,0,1)
45.73 1.9841 1.6 (0,0,2)
51.15 1.7858 1.7 (1,1,0)
71.01 1.3273 27.1 (1,1,2)
75.25 1.2627 11.6 (2,0,0)
82.28 1.1718 8.8 (1,0,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.42388
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-8.86606
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.3234
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-8.0794
eV/atom
Volume/atom
6.33
ų
c/a Ratio
1.5713

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0024
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000090
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
326.549
GPa
GVRH
315.747
GPa
Young's Modulus E
716.355
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.134
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.034
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
-2.932
Lame λ
116.051
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
B · 0.500
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
1.000
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
0.4782
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
8.477%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.4154
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
3.750
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-38.792
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1008527
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of B2CN were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1008527, 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_B2CN
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   2.52546100
_cell_length_b   2.52546100
_cell_length_c   3.96827100
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   B2CN
_chemical_formula_sum   'B2 C1 N1'
_cell_volume   25.30944697
_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
  B  B0  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.73047400  1.0
  B  B1  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.26952600  1.0
  C  C2  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  N  N3  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
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