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SmCo8

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.147T
Magnetization density0.098μB Å−3
Total spin moment71.667μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.095eV atom−1
Cell volume728.600Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo48Sm6
a, b, c8.402, 8.402, 11.917 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume728.600 Å3
Volume per atom13.493 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z6

Final Symmetry

Space groupR3m (No. 160)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolR 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhR18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm3a33m
Sm2Sm3a33m
Co1Co9b9.m
Co2Co3a33m
Co3Co18c181
Co4Co9b9.m
Co5Co9b9.m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment71.667 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.327 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.098 μB Å−3
μ0M1.147 T
PAW-sphere total73.983 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-2.316 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-1.521 μB
Transition-metal sublattice75.504 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm6-1.521-0.254-0.254 to -0.253
Co4875.5041.5731.511 to 1.654

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma-0.013-0.026-0.215-0.254
2Sma-0.013-0.026-0.215-0.254
3Sma-0.014-0.026-0.213-0.253
4Sma-0.014-0.026-0.213-0.253
5Sma-0.013-0.026-0.215-0.254
6Sma-0.014-0.026-0.213-0.253
7Cob-0.010-0.0491.6651.606
8Cob-0.010-0.0491.6651.606
9Cob-0.010-0.0491.6651.606
10Cob-0.010-0.0491.6651.606
11Cob-0.010-0.0491.6651.606
12Cob-0.010-0.0491.6651.606
13Cob-0.010-0.0491.6651.606
14Cob-0.010-0.0491.6651.606
15Cob-0.010-0.0491.6651.606
16Coa-0.004-0.0451.7041.654
17Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
18Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
19Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
20Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
21Coa-0.004-0.0451.7041.654
22Coa-0.004-0.0451.7041.654
23Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
24Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
25Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
26Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
27Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
28Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
29Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
30Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
31Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
32Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
33Cob-0.006-0.0521.6161.559
34Cob-0.006-0.0521.6161.559
35Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
36Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
37Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
38Coc-0.009-0.0471.6371.581
39Cob-0.009-0.0461.5671.511
40Cob-0.009-0.0461.5671.511
41Cob-0.009-0.0461.5671.511
42Cob-0.009-0.0461.5671.511
43Cob-0.009-0.0461.5671.511
44Cob-0.009-0.0461.5671.511
45Cob-0.006-0.0521.6161.559
46Cob-0.006-0.0521.6161.559
47Cob-0.006-0.0521.6161.559
48Cob-0.006-0.0521.6161.559
49Cob-0.006-0.0521.6161.559
50Cob-0.006-0.0521.6161.559
51Cob-0.006-0.0521.6161.559
52Cob-0.009-0.0461.5671.511
53Cob-0.009-0.0461.5671.511
54Cob-0.009-0.0461.5671.511

Convex Hull: Sm-Co

Energy above hull 0.095 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 MAGMOM6*5.0 48*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 = 6*5.0 48*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh3 × 3 × 2
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.28782 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1165 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
3 3 2

PAW Potentials

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