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Y3Co14Cu

Ternary

Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.936T
Magnetization density0.080μB Å−3
Total spin moment59.678μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.051eV atom−1
Cell volume743.130Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Y-Co-Cu Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo42Cu3Y9
a, b, c4.912, 4.912, 35.558 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume743.130 Å3
Volume per atom13.762 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

Final Symmetry

Space groupR3m (No. 160)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolR 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhR18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y3a33m
Y2Y3a33m
Y3Y3a33m
Co1Co9b9.m
Co2Co9b9.m
Co3Co3a33m
Co4Co3a33m
Co5Co9b9.m
Co6Co3a33m
Co7Co3a33m
Co8Co3a33m
Cu1Cu3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment59.678 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.105 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.080 μB Å−3
μ0M0.936 T
PAW-sphere total61.986 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-2.308 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-2.244 μB
Transition-metal sublattice64.230 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y9-2.244-0.249-0.265 to -0.241
Co4264.0831.5261.463 to 1.572
Cu30.1470.0490.049 to 0.049

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya-0.012-0.046-0.184-0.241
2Ya-0.009-0.046-0.188-0.242
3Ya-0.009-0.046-0.188-0.242
4Ya-0.012-0.046-0.184-0.241
5Ya-0.012-0.046-0.184-0.241
6Ya-0.016-0.050-0.198-0.265
7Ya-0.016-0.050-0.198-0.265
8Ya-0.016-0.050-0.198-0.265
9Ya-0.009-0.046-0.188-0.242
10Cob-0.006-0.0361.5801.538
11Cob-0.006-0.0361.5801.538
12Cob-0.006-0.0361.5801.538
13Cob-0.006-0.0361.5801.538
14Cob-0.006-0.0361.5801.538
15Cob-0.006-0.0361.5801.538
16Cob-0.006-0.0361.5801.538
17Cob-0.002-0.0291.6031.572
18Cob-0.002-0.0291.6031.572
19Cob-0.002-0.0291.6031.572
20Cob-0.002-0.0291.6031.572
21Coa0.006-0.0391.5761.543
22Coa0.006-0.0391.5761.543
23Coa0.006-0.0391.5761.543
24Cob-0.006-0.0361.5801.538
25Cob-0.006-0.0361.5801.538
26Cob-0.002-0.0291.6031.572
27Cob-0.002-0.0291.6031.572
28Cob-0.002-0.0291.6031.572
29Cob-0.002-0.0291.6031.572
30Coa0.005-0.0411.5591.523
31Cob-0.002-0.0291.6031.572
32Coa0.005-0.0411.5591.523
33Cob-0.005-0.0351.5031.463
34Cob-0.005-0.0351.5031.463
35Cob-0.005-0.0351.5031.463
36Cob-0.005-0.0351.5031.463
37Cob-0.005-0.0351.5031.463
38Coa-0.004-0.0361.5551.516
39Coa-0.004-0.0361.5551.516
40Coa-0.004-0.0361.5551.516
41Coa0.005-0.0411.5591.523
42Coa0.001-0.0381.5341.498
43Coa0.001-0.0381.5341.498
44Coa0.001-0.0381.5341.498
45Cob-0.005-0.0351.5031.463
46Cob-0.005-0.0351.5031.463
47Coa0.006-0.0471.6031.562
48Coa0.006-0.0471.6031.562
49Coa0.006-0.0471.6031.562
50Cob-0.005-0.0351.5031.463
51Cob-0.005-0.0351.5031.463
52Cua0.004-0.0240.0690.049
53Cua0.004-0.0240.0690.049
54Cua0.004-0.0240.0690.049

Convex Hull: Y-Co-Cu

Energy above hull 0.051 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 MAGMOM9*0.6 42*2.0 3*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 = 9*0.6 42*2.0 3*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 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29538 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1144 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

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