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Y2Fe9Cr

Ternary

Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.092T
Magnetization density0.094μB Å−3
Total spin moment32.789μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.043eV atom−1
Cell volume349.800Å3
Number of atoms24atoms
Chemical system Y-Fe-Cr Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCr2Fe18Y4
a, b, c7.947, 5.040, 8.733 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume349.800 Å3
Volume per atom14.575 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z2

Final Symmetry

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

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y2e2-6m2
Y2Y2f2-6m2
Cr1Cr2b2-6m2
Fe1Fe8n8.m.
Fe2Fe4n4.m.
Fe3Fe2c2-6m2
Fe4Fe2d2-6m2
Fe5Fe2a2-6m2

Prototype Relationship

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

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment32.789 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.366 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.094 μB Å−3
μ0M1.092 T
PAW-sphere total34.060 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-1.271 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-1.102 μB
Transition-metal sublattice35.162 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y4-1.102-0.276-0.276 to -0.275
Cr2-4.110-2.055-2.055 to -2.055
Fe1839.2722.1822.125 to 2.443

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ye-0.023-0.062-0.190-0.275
2Ye-0.023-0.062-0.190-0.275
3Yf-0.016-0.071-0.189-0.276
4Yf-0.016-0.071-0.189-0.276
5Crb-0.046-0.084-1.925-2.055
6Crb-0.046-0.084-1.925-2.055
7Fen0.007-0.0192.1372.125
8Fen0.007-0.0192.1372.125
9Fen0.007-0.0192.1372.125
10Fen0.007-0.0192.1372.125
11Fen0.007-0.0192.1372.125
12Fen0.007-0.0192.1372.125
13Fen0.007-0.0192.1372.125
14Fen0.007-0.0192.1372.125
15Fen0.008-0.0212.1492.136
16Fen0.008-0.0212.1492.136
17Fec0.017-0.0492.4762.443
18Fec0.017-0.0492.4762.443
19Fen0.008-0.0212.1492.136
20Fen0.008-0.0212.1492.136
21Fed0.014-0.0042.1592.168
22Fed0.014-0.0042.1592.168
23Fea0.007-0.0302.2762.253
24Fea0.007-0.0302.2762.253

Convex Hull: Y-Fe-Cr

Energy above hull 0.043 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 MAGMOM4*0.6 20*5.0
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 = 4*0.6 20*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Accurate
SIGMA = 0.05
SYMPREC = 0.0001

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh3 × 5 × 2
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.35972 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1140 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
3 5 2

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
YPAW_PBE Y_sv 06Sep200011.000211.641
CrPAW_PBE Cr_pv 07Sep200012.000265.683
FePAW_PBE Fe_pv 06Sep200014.000293.238