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Basic Information

Formula
BeCo2Si
MP-ID
mp-865901
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
6.8899
g/cm³
Volume
37.35
ų
Cell a
3.7520
Å
Cell b
3.7520
Å
Cell c
3.7520
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
Yes
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 7)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
29.15 3.0635 5.9 (1,1,1)
33.79 2.6531 46.8 (1,1,0)
48.53 1.8760 100.0 (2,1,1)
57.62 1.5999 2.4 (2,2,1)
60.44 1.5317 10.3 (2,2,2)
71.06 1.3265 14.8 (2,2,0)
81.05 1.1865 11.7 (3,2,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.56718
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-6.42508
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-10.4026
eV/atom
Volume/atom
9.34
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

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
226.523
GPa
GVRH
132.598
GPa
Young's Modulus E
332.848
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.255
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.708
Vickers Hardness Est.
15.647
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
0.181
Lame λ
138.124
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Co · 0.500
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.250
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
0.1810
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.2550
Debye Temperature
688.8
K
Sound Velocity
4,873.3
m/s
Homogeneity
0.2550

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-865901
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of BeCo2Si were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-865901, 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_BeCo2Si
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.75197646
_cell_length_b   3.75197646
_cell_length_c   3.75197646
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   BeCo2Si
_chemical_formula_sum   'Be1 Co2 Si1'
_cell_volume   37.34782525
_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  0.25000100  0.25000100  0.25000100  1.0
  Co  Co1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Si  Si3  1  0.75000100  0.75000100  0.75000100  1.0
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