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SmCo6

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.144T
Magnetization density0.098μB Å−3
Total spin moment18.316μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.084eV atom−1
Cell volume186.470Å3
Number of atoms14atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo12Sm2
a, b, c4.775, 8.836, 5.025 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 118.396, 90.000°
Cell volume186.470 Å3
Volume per atom13.319 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z2

Final Symmetry

Space groupI4/mmm (No. 139)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-I 4 2
Pearson symboltI14

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm2a24/mmm
Co1Co4h4m.2m
Co2Co4h4m.2m
Co3Co4d4-4m2

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment18.316 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.308 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.098 μB Å−3
μ0M1.144 T
PAW-sphere total18.798 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.482 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.378 μB
Transition-metal sublattice19.176 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm2-0.378-0.189-0.189 to -0.189
Co1219.1761.5981.555 to 1.679

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma-0.016-0.010-0.164-0.189
2Sma-0.016-0.010-0.164-0.189
3Coh0.003-0.0441.6001.560
4Coh0.003-0.0441.6001.560
5Coh0.003-0.0441.6001.560
6Coh0.003-0.0441.6001.560
7Coh0.003-0.0441.5961.555
8Coh0.003-0.0441.5961.555
9Coh0.003-0.0441.5961.555
10Coh0.003-0.0441.5961.555
11Cod-0.008-0.0371.7231.679
12Cod-0.008-0.0371.7231.679
13Cod-0.008-0.0371.7231.679
14Cod-0.008-0.0371.7231.679

Convex Hull: Sm-Co

Energy above hull 0.084 eV/atom Reference set loading Candidates on this hull loading
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VASP Calculation

MethodCollinear spin-polarized DFT
Exchange-correlationPBE
Plane-wave cutoff520.0 eV
PrecisionNormal
Electronic convergence0.0001 eV
Ionic convergence-0.01 eV Å−1
Initial MAGMOM2*5.0 12*2.0
RelaxationIBRION 1, ISIF 3, NSW 100
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ADDGRID = True
ALGO = Normal
EDIFF = 0.0001
EDIFFG = -0.01
ENCUT = 520.0
IBRION = 1
ISIF = 3
ISMEAR = 1
ISPIN = 2
LAECHG = False
LASPH = True
LCHARG = False
LMAXMIX = 6
LORBIT = 11
LREAL = Auto
LWAVE = False
MAGMOM = 2*5.0 12*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 3 × 5
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29919 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1221 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 3 5

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
CoPAW_PBE Co 06Sep20009.000267.969