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MP-ID: mp-1018649 · Space group: P3m1 (#156)

Basic Information

Formula
BC5
MP-ID
mp-1018649
Elements
2
Sites
6
Density
3.2612
g/cm³
Volume
36.08
ų
Cell a
2.5516
Å
Cell b
2.5516
Å
Cell c
6.3997
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.00
°
Space Group
P3m1
Point Group
3m
Crystal System
Trigonal
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 12)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
13.84 6.3997 13.5 (0,0,0,1)
27.88 3.1998 1.9 (0,0,0,2)
42.37 2.1332 44.3 (0,0,0,3)
43.32 2.0887 100.0 (1,0,-1,1)
43.32 2.0887 50.0 (1,-1,0,1)
73.01 1.2959 37.9 (1,0,-1,4)
74.35 1.2758 12.4 (1,1,-2,0)
74.35 1.2758 24.9 (2,-1,-1,0)
88.22 1.1076 9.8 (1,0,-1,5)
88.22 1.1076 4.9 (1,-1,0,5)
89.51 1.0949 6.8 (1,1,-2,3)
89.51 1.0949 13.5 (2,-1,-1,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.25238
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-9.26138
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2796
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-8.5451
eV/atom
Volume/atom
6.01
ų
c/a Ratio
2.5082

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0009
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000030
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
376.878
GPa
GVRH
331.922
GPa
Young's Modulus E
769.780
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.160
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.135
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
0.532
Lame λ
155.597
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
C · 0.833
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.167
Interstitial Fraction
1.000
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.526
Family
Binary Alloy
Matrix Element
C · 0.833

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1018649
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of BC5 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1018649, 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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Style: Ball & Stick
Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_BC5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   2.55155126
_cell_length_b   2.55155126
_cell_length_c   6.39965700
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   119.99998089
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   BC5
_chemical_formula_sum   'B1 C5'
_cell_volume   36.08244925
_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  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.00758600  1.0
  C  C1  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.25951100  1.0
  C  C2  1  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.33903300  1.0
  C  C3  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.66456300  1.0
  C  C4  1  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.58136400  1.0
  C  C5  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.89894200  1.0
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