Be–Cu phases

6 phases (tier A 5, liquid 1); 6 stable in a calculated diagram. Structure types are assigned only when the stored evidence supports an assignment under the stated tier rules (tier A: standard phase name; tier B: unique Materials Project + OQMD on-hull match, DFT-supported; tier C: one structure stated by the assessment's crystallographic table, assessor-stated); other phases list candidates and are marked needs_review. Stability is from phase diagrams calculated with pycalphad from the SGTE binary collection (evidence class: model).

Data: interactive registry · full JSON · Be–Cu system page · Markdown · field reference

Phases of the Be–Cu system (6)
Phase	Structure	Basis	Stability (calculated)	Literature values	TDB models
BCC_A2 phase:be-cu:bcc-a2	W · A2 · cI2 · Im-3m (229)	tier A: standard phase name	stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 894.15–1560.09 K, x(Cu) 0–0.72382	19	2
B2_BCC phase:be-cu:bcc-b2	CsCl · B2 · cP2 · Pm-3m (221)	tier A: standard phase name	stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–1560.09 K, x(Cu) 0–0.72382	11	1
C15_LAVES phase:be-cu:c15-laves	Cu2Mg · C15 · cF24 · Fd-3m (227)	tier A: standard phase name	stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–1489.49 K, x(Cu) 0.19343–0.36442	12	1
FCC_A1 phase:be-cu:fcc-a1	Cu · A1 · cF4 · Fm-3m (225)	tier A: standard phase name	stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–2499.6 K, x(Cu) 0.85163–1	13	1
HCP_A3 phase:be-cu:hcp-a3	Mg · A3 · hP2 · P6_3/mmc (194)	tier A: standard phase name	stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–1540.47 K, x(Cu) 0–0.08532	4	1
LIQUID phase:be-cu:liquid	liquid	liquid	stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 1132.1–2500 K, x(Cu) 0–1	12	1

BCC_A2 (Be–Cu)

Id: phase:be-cu:bcc-a2; status assigned
Structure: W · A2 · cI2 · Im-3m (229); type st:a2-w-ci2; tier A: standard phase name; confidence high
Stability: stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 894.15–1560.09 K, x(Cu) 0–0.72382
Literature: 19 values (19 accepted) from 1 papers
Interactive: phase registry entry

Names (5): corpus: corpus:phase:be-cu:bcc-a2
paper: paper:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z:(βBe), paper:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z:β
tdb: tdb:BeCu-18Liu.tdb:A2_BCC, tdb:BeCu-18Liu.tdb:BCC_A2

TDB models of BCC_A2 (2): PHASE and CONSTITUENT statements as written

BeCu-18Liu.tdb: A2_BCC, type code %B, sha256 a0c9e1104448efba…

40: PHASE A2_BCC %B 2 1 3 !
41: CONST A2_BCC : BE% CU : VA : !

BeCu-18Liu.tdb: BCC_A2, type code %B, sha256 a0c9e1104448efba…

35: PHASE BCC_A2 %B 2 1 3 !
36: CONST BCC_A2 : BE% CU : VA : !

Example references (2 of 2; assessments first):

doi:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z Yuling Liu, Bo Sundman, Yong Du, Jiong Wang, Shuhong Liu, Wei Ping Gong et al., A stepwise thermodynamic modeling of the phase diagram for the Cu–Be system, J Mater Sci 53, 3756-3766 (2018).
assessment that models this phase; reports values for this phase
doi:10.1016/0036-9748(74)90399-8 X Auvray, R Graf, A Guinier, Etude des alliages cuivre - beryllium au voisinage de la composition eutectoïde, Scripta Metallurgica 8, 995-1004 (1974).
cited as the source of values for this phase

B2_BCC (Be–Cu)

Id: phase:be-cu:bcc-b2; status assigned
Structure: CsCl · B2 · cP2 · Pm-3m (221); type st:b2-cscl-cp2; tier A: standard phase name; confidence high
Caveat: BeCu-18Liu.tdb: ordered phase with disordered part A2_BCC (order/disorder model)
Caveat: partitioned order/disorder model in BeCu-18Liu.tdb also describes the disordered state
Stability: stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–1560.09 K, x(Cu) 0–0.72382
Literature: 11 values (11 accepted) from 1 papers
Interactive: phase registry entry

Names (4): corpus: corpus:phase:be-cu:bcc-b2, corpus:phase:be-cu:b2-bcc
paper: paper:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z:γ
tdb: tdb:BeCu-18Liu.tdb:B2_BCC

TDB models of B2_BCC (1): PHASE and CONSTITUENT statements as written

BeCu-18Liu.tdb: B2_BCC, type code %BO, sha256 a0c9e1104448efba…

45: PHASE B2_BCC %BO 3 0.5 0.5 3 !
46: CONST B2_BCC : BE% CU : BE CU% : VA : !

Example references (2 of 2; assessments first):

doi:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z Yuling Liu, Bo Sundman, Yong Du, Jiong Wang, Shuhong Liu, Wei Ping Gong et al., A stepwise thermodynamic modeling of the phase diagram for the Cu–Be system, J Mater Sci 53, 3756-3766 (2018).
assessment that models this phase; reports values for this phase
doi:10.1016/0036-9748(74)90399-8 X Auvray, R Graf, A Guinier, Etude des alliages cuivre - beryllium au voisinage de la composition eutectoïde, Scripta Metallurgica 8, 995-1004 (1974).
cited as the source of values for this phase

C15_LAVES (Be–Cu)

Id: phase:be-cu:c15-laves; status assigned
Structure: Cu2Mg · C15 · cF24 · Fd-3m (227); type st:c15-cu2mg-cf24; tier A: standard phase name; confidence high
Caveat: partitioned order/disorder model in BeCu-18Liu.tdb also describes the disordered state
Stability: stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–1489.49 K, x(Cu) 0.19343–0.36442
Literature: 12 values (12 accepted) from 1 papers
Interactive: phase registry entry

Names (3): corpus: corpus:phase:be-cu:c15-laves
paper: paper:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z:δ
tdb: tdb:BeCu-18Liu.tdb:C15_LAVES

TDB models of C15_LAVES (1): PHASE and CONSTITUENT statements as written

BeCu-18Liu.tdb: C15_LAVES, type code %, sha256 a0c9e1104448efba…

55: PHASE C15_LAVES % 2 2 1 !
56: CONST C15_LAVES : BE% CU : BE CU% : !

Example references (1 of 1; assessments first):

doi:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z Yuling Liu, Bo Sundman, Yong Du, Jiong Wang, Shuhong Liu, Wei Ping Gong et al., A stepwise thermodynamic modeling of the phase diagram for the Cu–Be system, J Mater Sci 53, 3756-3766 (2018).
assessment that models this phase; reports values for this phase

FCC_A1 (Be–Cu)

Id: phase:be-cu:fcc-a1; status assigned
Structure: Cu · A1 · cF4 · Fm-3m (225); type st:a1-cu-cf4; tier A: standard phase name; confidence high
Stability: stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–2499.6 K, x(Cu) 0.85163–1
Literature: 13 values (13 accepted) from 1 papers
Interactive: phase registry entry

Names (3): corpus: corpus:phase:be-cu:fcc-a1
paper: paper:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z:(Cu)
tdb: tdb:BeCu-18Liu.tdb:FCC_A1

TDB models of FCC_A1 (1): PHASE and CONSTITUENT statements as written

BeCu-18Liu.tdb: FCC_A1, type code %A, sha256 a0c9e1104448efba…

30: PHASE FCC_A1 %A 2 1 1 !
31: CONST FCC_A1 : BE CU% : VA : !

Example references (2 of 2; assessments first):

doi:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z Yuling Liu, Bo Sundman, Yong Du, Jiong Wang, Shuhong Liu, Wei Ping Gong et al., A stepwise thermodynamic modeling of the phase diagram for the Cu–Be system, J Mater Sci 53, 3756-3766 (2018).
assessment that models this phase; reports values for this phase
doi:10.1016/0036-9748(74)90399-8 X Auvray, R Graf, A Guinier, Etude des alliages cuivre - beryllium au voisinage de la composition eutectoïde, Scripta Metallurgica 8, 995-1004 (1974).
cited as the source of values for this phase

HCP_A3 (Be–Cu)

Id: phase:be-cu:hcp-a3; status assigned
Structure: Mg · A3 · hP2 · P6_3/mmc (194); type st:a3-mg-hp2; tier A: standard phase name; confidence high
Stability: stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 300–1540.47 K, x(Cu) 0–0.08532
Literature: 4 values (4 accepted) from 1 papers
Interactive: phase registry entry

Names (3): corpus: corpus:phase:be-cu:hcp-a3
paper: paper:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z:(αBe)
tdb: tdb:BeCu-18Liu.tdb:HCP_A3

TDB models of HCP_A3 (1): PHASE and CONSTITUENT statements as written

BeCu-18Liu.tdb: HCP_A3, type code %A, sha256 a0c9e1104448efba…

50: PHASE HCP_A3 %A 2 1 0.5 !
51: CONST HCP_A3 : BE% CU : VA : !

Example references (1 of 1; assessments first):

doi:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z Yuling Liu, Bo Sundman, Yong Du, Jiong Wang, Shuhong Liu, Wei Ping Gong et al., A stepwise thermodynamic modeling of the phase diagram for the Cu–Be system, J Mater Sci 53, 3756-3766 (2018).
assessment that models this phase; reports values for this phase

LIQUID (Be–Cu)

Id: phase:be-cu:liquid; status assigned
Structure: liquid; type st:liquid; liquid; confidence high
Stability: stable in 1 of 1 calculated diagram(s): 1132.1–2500 K, x(Cu) 0–1
Literature: 12 values (12 accepted) from 1 papers
Interactive: phase registry entry

Names (3): corpus: corpus:phase:be-cu:liquid
paper: paper:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z:Liquid
tdb: tdb:BeCu-18Liu.tdb:LIQUID

TDB models of LIQUID (1): PHASE and CONSTITUENT statements as written

BeCu-18Liu.tdb: LIQUID, type code %, sha256 a0c9e1104448efba…

25: PHASE LIQUID:L % 1 1 !
26: CONST LIQUID:L : BE CU : !

Example references (1 of 1; assessments first):

doi:10.1007/s10853-017-1777-z Yuling Liu, Bo Sundman, Yong Du, Jiong Wang, Shuhong Liu, Wei Ping Gong et al., A stepwise thermodynamic modeling of the phase diagram for the Cu–Be system, J Mater Sci 53, 3756-3766 (2018).
assessment that models this phase; reports values for this phase

Please cite

R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID-Registry: phase registry of binary systems (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735970
R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID data: umbrella record of the ORCHID datasets (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). doi:10.5281/zenodo.23736065

Also cite B. Hallstedt, The SGTE collection of binary datasets, Calphad 89 (2025) 102833, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.calphad.2025.102833 (CC BY 4.0), and the original assessment named in each file; A. Jain et al., The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation, APL Materials 1 (2013) 011002, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4812323 (CC BY 4.0); J. E. Saal et al., JOM 65 (2013) 1501, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-013-0755-4 and S. Kirklin et al., npj Comput. Mater. 1 (2015) 15010, https://doi.org/10.1038/npjcompumats.2015.10 (CC BY 4.0); the original source of every value you use (paper_citation / paper_doi, and cited_dois for values the paper cites from earlier work). Version 1, machine-extracted: values were read by language-model readers constrained to quote their source and checked automatically, and the release was then audited on the printed pages by adversarial audits, an independent second review of fit-facing records and a preliminary human review of a frozen sample. Flags such as accepted and ESPEI-ready record screening results, not certification; known issues are listed in the release notes.

@misc{orchid_phase_registry_2026,
  author    = {Arr{\'o}yave, Raymundo and Saal, James and Shin, Dongwon},
  title     = {{ORCHID-Registry: phase registry of binary systems}},
  version   = {2026.10},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23735970},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23735970},
  note      = {Version 1, machine-extracted}
}

@misc{orchid_data_2026,
  author    = {Arr{\'o}yave, Raymundo and Saal, James and Shin, Dongwon},
  title     = {{ORCHID data: umbrella record of the ORCHID datasets}},
  version   = {2026.10},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23736065},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23736065},
  note      = {Version 1, machine-extracted}
}