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SmNi12

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.417T
Magnetization density0.036μB Å−3
Total spin moment11.342μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.037eV atom−1
Cell volume316.890Å3
Number of atoms26atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi24Sm2
a, b, c8.204, 8.204, 4.708 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume316.890 Å3
Volume per atom12.188 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z2

Final Symmetry

Space groupI4/mmm (No. 139)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-I 4 2
Pearson symboltI26

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm2b24/mmm
Ni1Ni8i8m2m.
Ni2Ni8j8m2m.
Ni3Ni8f8..2/m

Prototype Relationship

Parent space groupI4/mmm (No. 139)
AFLOW ANRL labelA12B_tI26_139_fij_a-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment11.342 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.436 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.036 μB Å−3
μ0M0.417 T
PAW-sphere total12.096 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.754 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.160 μB
Transition-metal sublattice12.256 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm2-0.160-0.080-0.080 to -0.080
Ni2412.2560.5110.496 to 0.537

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smb-0.003-0.008-0.069-0.080
2Smb-0.003-0.008-0.069-0.080
3Nii0.000-0.0100.5060.496
4Nii0.000-0.0100.5060.496
5Nii0.000-0.0100.5060.496
6Nii0.000-0.0100.5060.496
7Nii0.000-0.0100.5060.496
8Nii0.000-0.0100.5060.496
9Nii0.000-0.0100.5060.496
10Nii0.000-0.0100.5060.496
11Nij-0.001-0.0090.5080.499
12Nij-0.001-0.0090.5080.499
13Nij-0.001-0.0090.5080.499
14Nij-0.001-0.0090.5080.499
15Nij-0.001-0.0090.5080.499
16Nij-0.001-0.0090.5080.499
17Nij-0.001-0.0090.5080.499
18Nij-0.001-0.0090.5080.499
19Nif0.000-0.0100.5470.537
20Nif0.000-0.0100.5470.537
21Nif0.000-0.0100.5470.537
22Nif0.000-0.0100.5470.537
23Nif0.000-0.0100.5470.537
24Nif0.000-0.0100.5470.537
25Nif0.000-0.0100.5470.537
26Nif0.000-0.0100.5470.537

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni

Energy above hull 0.037 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 MAGMOM26*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 = 26*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh3 × 3 × 5
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.26691 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1262 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
3 3 5

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
NiPAW_PBE Ni_pv 06Sep200016.000367.945