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SmFe3

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.147T
Magnetization density0.098μB Å−3
Total spin moment18.425μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.085eV atom−1
Cell volume187.260Å3
Number of atoms12atoms
Chemical system Sm-Fe Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaFe9Sm3
a, b, c5.079, 5.079, 7.259 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume187.260 Å3
Volume per atom15.605 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

Final Symmetry

Space groupP-4m2 (No. 115)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group-42m
Hall symbolP -4 -2
Pearson symboltP12

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm2g22mm.
Sm2Sm1b1-4m2
Fe1Fe4j4.m.
Fe2Fe4k4.m.
Fe3Fe1d1-4m2

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment18.425 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.535 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.098 μB Å−3
μ0M1.147 T
PAW-sphere total19.187 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.762 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-1.070 μB
Transition-metal sublattice20.257 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm3-1.070-0.357-0.402 to -0.334
Fe920.2572.2512.158 to 2.945

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smg-0.035-0.025-0.274-0.334
2Smb-0.036-0.023-0.343-0.402
3Smg-0.035-0.025-0.274-0.334
4Fej0.007-0.0292.1802.158
5Fej0.007-0.0292.1802.158
6Fej0.007-0.0292.1802.158
7Fej0.007-0.0292.1802.158
8Fek0.005-0.0292.1942.170
9Fek0.005-0.0292.1942.170
10Fek0.005-0.0292.1942.170
11Fek0.005-0.0292.1942.170
12Fed0.027-0.0352.9542.945

Convex Hull: Sm-Fe

Energy above hull 0.085 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 MAGMOM12*5.0
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 = 12*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh4 × 4 × 3
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.30926 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 984 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
4 4 3

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
FePAW_PBE Fe_pv 06Sep200014.000293.238