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Basic Information

Formula
Be2CoNi
MP-ID
mp-867271
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
6.6069
g/cm³
Volume
34.09
ų
Cell a
3.6397
Å
Cell b
3.6397
Å
Cell c
3.6397
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 5)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
34.86 2.5737 100.0 (1,1,0)
50.13 1.8198 98.1 (2,1,1)
62.51 1.4859 21.8 (2,2,2)
73.61 1.2868 14.3 (2,2,0)
84.10 1.1510 26.0 (3,2,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.41235
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-5.51044
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-8.8361
eV/atom
Volume/atom
8.52
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
194.115
GPa
GVRH
125.949
GPa
Young's Modulus E
310.658
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.233
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.541
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
0.108
Lame λ
110.149
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Be · 0.500
Element Family
Alkali-AlkEarth
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
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
0.5913
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
5.294%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1628
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.750
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-24.179
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-867271
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Be2CoNi were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-867271, 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_Be2CoNi
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.63968747
_cell_length_b   3.63968747
_cell_length_c   3.63968747
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Be2CoNi
_chemical_formula_sum   'Be2 Co1 Ni1'
_cell_volume   34.09394704
_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
  Be  Be1  1  0.49999900  0.49999900  0.49999900  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni3  1  0.74999900  0.74999900  0.74999900  1.0
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