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Y2Co9Cr

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.939T
Magnetization density0.081μB Å−3
Total spin moment13.423μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.078eV atom−1
Cell volume166.620Å3
Number of atoms12atoms
Chemical system Y-Co-Cr Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo9CrY2
a, b, c4.958, 4.958, 7.826 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume166.620 Å3
Volume per atom13.885 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP-6m2 (No. 187)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group-6m2
Hall symbolP -6 2
Pearson symbolhP6

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y1b1-6m2
Y2Y1a1-6m2
Cr1Cr1f1-6m2
Co1Co1c1-6m2
Co2Co6n6.m.
Co3Co1d1-6m2
Co4Co1e1-6m2

Prototype Relationship

Parent prototypeCaCu5-type (AB5)
Parent space groupP6/mmm (No. 191)
AFLOW ANRL labelAB5_hP6_191_a_cg-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment13.423 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.119 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.081 μB Å−3
μ0M0.939 T
PAW-sphere total13.800 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.377 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.374 μB
Transition-metal sublattice14.174 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y2-0.374-0.187-0.229 to -0.145
Cr11.7101.7101.710 to 1.710
Co912.4641.3851.321 to 1.584

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yb-0.007-0.028-0.111-0.145
2Ya-0.012-0.042-0.175-0.229
3Crf0.018-0.0131.7041.710
4Coc0.016-0.0431.6101.584
5Con-0.006-0.0301.3571.321
6Con-0.006-0.0301.3571.321
7Con-0.006-0.0301.3571.321
8Con-0.006-0.0301.3571.321
9Con-0.006-0.0301.3571.321
10Con-0.006-0.0301.3571.321
11Cod-0.015-0.0371.5001.449
12Coe0.002-0.0271.5301.505

Convex Hull: Y-Co-Cr

Energy above hull 0.078 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
PrecisionAccurate
Electronic convergence1e-05 eV
Ionic convergence-0.01 eV Å−1
Initial MAGMOM2*0.6 1*5.0 9*2.0
RelaxationIBRION 1, ISIF 3, NSW 100
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ADDGRID = True
ALGO = Normal
EDIFF = 1e-05
EDIFFG = -0.01
ENCUT = 520.0
IBRION = 1
ISIF = 3
ISMEAR = 1
ISPIN = 2
LAECHG = False
LASPH = True
LCHARG = False
LMAXMIX = 4
LORBIT = 11
LREAL = Auto
LWAVE = False
MAGMOM = 2*0.6 1*5.0 9*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Accurate
SIGMA = 0.05
SYMPREC = 0.0001

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 3
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29265 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1174 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 3

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
YPAW_PBE Y_sv 06Sep200011.000211.641
CrPAW_PBE Cr_pv 07Sep200012.000265.683
CoPAW_PBE Co 02Aug20079.000267.968