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Y2Co9Cr

Ternary

Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.107T
Magnetization density0.095μB Å−3
Total spin moment47.271μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.084eV atom−1
Cell volume497.660Å3
Number of atoms36atoms
Chemical system Y-Co-Cr Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo27Cr3Y6
a, b, c4.916, 4.916, 23.777 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume497.660 Å3
Volume per atom13.824 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

Final Symmetry

Space groupR3m (No. 160)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolR 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhR12

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y3a33m
Y2Y3a33m
Cr1Cr3a33m
Co1Co3a33m
Co2Co3a33m
Co3Co9b9.m
Co4Co3a33m
Co5Co9b9.m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment47.271 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.313 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.095 μB Å−3
μ0M1.107 T
PAW-sphere total47.904 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.633 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-1.335 μB
Transition-metal sublattice49.239 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y6-1.335-0.223-0.238 to -0.207
Cr39.1413.0473.047 to 3.047
Co2740.0981.4851.419 to 1.565

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya-0.018-0.046-0.175-0.238
2Ya-0.013-0.040-0.154-0.207
3Ya-0.013-0.040-0.154-0.207
4Ya-0.013-0.040-0.154-0.207
5Ya-0.018-0.046-0.175-0.238
6Ya-0.018-0.046-0.175-0.238
7Cra0.034-0.0023.0153.047
8Cra0.034-0.0023.0153.047
9Cra0.034-0.0023.0153.047
10Coa0.004-0.0351.5481.518
11Coa-0.017-0.0421.6231.565
12Coa-0.017-0.0421.6231.565
13Coa-0.017-0.0421.6231.565
14Coa0.004-0.0351.5481.518
15Coa0.004-0.0351.5481.518
16Cob-0.014-0.0351.5431.493
17Cob-0.014-0.0351.5431.493
18Cob-0.014-0.0351.5431.493
19Cob-0.014-0.0351.5431.493
20Cob-0.014-0.0351.5431.493
21Cob-0.014-0.0351.5431.493
22Cob-0.014-0.0351.5431.493
23Coa0.007-0.0421.5821.547
24Coa0.007-0.0421.5821.547
25Coa0.007-0.0421.5821.547
26Cob-0.012-0.0411.4711.419
27Cob-0.012-0.0411.4711.419
28Cob-0.012-0.0411.4711.419
29Cob-0.014-0.0351.5431.493
30Cob-0.014-0.0351.5431.493
31Cob-0.012-0.0411.4711.419
32Cob-0.012-0.0411.4711.419
33Cob-0.012-0.0411.4711.419
34Cob-0.012-0.0411.4711.419
35Cob-0.012-0.0411.4711.419
36Cob-0.012-0.0411.4711.419

Convex Hull: Y-Co-Cr

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
PrecisionAccurate
Electronic convergence1e-05 eV
Ionic convergence-0.01 eV Å−1
Initial MAGMOM6*0.6 3*5.0 27*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 = 6*0.6 3*5.0 27*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 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29516 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1161 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

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