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Y2Co9Cu

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.853T
Magnetization density0.073μB Å−3
Total spin moment12.159μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.035eV atom−1
Cell volume166.200Å3
Number of atoms12atoms
Chemical system Y-Co-Cu Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo9CuY2
a, b, c4.926, 4.926, 7.909 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume166.200 Å3
Volume per atom13.850 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP-6m2 (No. 187)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group-6m2
Hall symbolP -6 2
Pearson symbolhP12

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y1a1-6m2
Y2Y1b1-6m2
Co1Co6n6.m.
Co2Co1f1-6m2
Co3Co1c1-6m2
Co4Co1e1-6m2
Cu1Cu1d1-6m2

Prototype Relationship

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

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment12.159 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.013 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.073 μB Å−3
μ0M0.853 T
PAW-sphere total12.773 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.614 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.502 μB
Transition-metal sublattice13.275 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y2-0.502-0.251-0.253 to -0.249
Co913.2511.4721.376 to 1.491
Cu10.0240.0240.024 to 0.024

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya-0.013-0.047-0.189-0.249
2Yb-0.011-0.047-0.195-0.253
3Con-0.004-0.0341.5281.490
4Con-0.004-0.0341.5281.490
5Con-0.004-0.0341.5281.490
6Con-0.004-0.0341.5281.490
7Con-0.004-0.0341.5281.490
8Con-0.004-0.0341.5281.490
9Cof-0.006-0.0401.4211.376
10Coc0.004-0.0421.5291.491
11Coe0.002-0.0471.4891.444
12Cud-0.004-0.0290.0570.024

Convex Hull: Y-Co-Cu

Energy above hull 0.035 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 9*2.0 1*0.6
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 9*2.0 1*0.6
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 spacing0.29458 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1140 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 3

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
YPAW_PBE Y_sv 06Sep200011.000211.641
CoPAW_PBE Co 02Aug20079.000267.968
CuPAW_PBE Cu_pv 06Sep200017.000368.605