Basic Information
Formula
TcB
MP-ID
mp-999120
Elements
2
Sites
4
Density
8.4879
g/cm³
Volume
42.57
ų
Cell a
2.8754
Å
Cell b
2.8754
Å
Cell c
5.9459
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.00
°
Space Group
P6_3/mmc
Point Group
6/mmm
Crystal System
Hexagonal
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)
| 2θ | d (Å) | I | hkl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30.06 | 2.9729 | 47.8 | (0,0,0,2) |
| 36.07 | 2.4902 | 64.2 | (1,0,-1,0) |
| 36.07 | 2.4902 | 32.1 | (1,-1,0,0) |
| 47.64 | 1.9090 | 100.0 | (1,0,-1,2) |
| 62.48 | 1.4865 | 7.7 | (0,0,0,4) |
| 64.85 | 1.4377 | 6.8 | (1,1,-2,0) |
| 64.85 | 1.4377 | 13.7 | (2,-1,-1,0) |
| 73.11 | 1.2943 | 21.9 | (2,-1,-1,2) |
| 74.31 | 1.2764 | 22.4 | (1,0,-1,4) |
| 76.51 | 1.2451 | 10.3 | (2,0,-2,0) |
| 84.33 | 1.1485 | 12.3 | (2,0,-2,2) |
| 84.33 | 1.1485 | 6.1 | (2,-2,0,2) |
Energy Properties
Formation Energy/atom
-0.25349
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-16.90900
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.1628
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-8.7424
eV/atom
Volume/atom
10.64
ų
c/a Ratio
2.0678
Electronic Properties
Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV
Magnetic Properties
Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0003
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000010
μB/ų
Elastic Properties
KVRH
301.077
GPa
GVRH
189.179
GPa
Young's Modulus E
469.253
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.240
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.591
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
0.295
Lame λ
174.958
GPa
Feature Analysis
Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Tc · 0.500
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.500
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.516
Family
Binary Alloy
Matrix Element
Tc · 0.500
Related Tasks
Citation & References
Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-999120
Reference Citation
The crystal structure and related material properties of TcB were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-999120, 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
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Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_TcB
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_cell_length_a 2.87543186
_cell_length_b 2.87543186
_cell_length_c 5.94585700
_cell_angle_alpha 90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta 90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma 119.99999683
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
_chemical_formula_structural TcB
_chemical_formula_sum 'Tc2 B2'
_cell_volume 42.57466773
_cell_formula_units_Z 2
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
Tc Tc0 1 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.50000000 1.0
Tc Tc1 1 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 1.0
B B2 1 0.33333300 0.66666700 0.25000000 1.0
B B3 1 0.66666700 0.33333300 0.75000000 1.0
