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SmNi3

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.000T
Magnetization density0.000μB Å−3
Total spin moment0.008μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.017eV atom−1
Cell volume531.270Å3
Number of atoms36atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi27Sm9
a, b, c4.996, 4.996, 24.577 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume531.270 Å3
Volume per atom14.758 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z9

Final Symmetry

Space groupR-3m (No. 166)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group-3m
Hall symbol-R 3 2"
Pearson symbolhR12

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm6c63m
Sm2Sm3b3-3m
Ni1Ni18h18.m
Ni2Ni3a3-3m
Ni3Ni6c63m

Prototype Relationship

Parent space groupR-3m (No. 166)
AFLOW ANRL labelAB3_hR12_166_ac_bch-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment0.008 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.000 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.000 μB Å−3
μ0M0.000 T
PAW-sphere total0.000 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.008 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.000 μB
Transition-metal sublattice0.000 μB
RE–TM alignmentOne_sublattice_near_zero

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm90.0000.000-0.000 to -0.000
Ni270.0000.0000.000 to 0.000

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smc0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
2Smb0.0000.0000.0000.000
3Smb0.0000.0000.0000.000
4Smb0.0000.0000.0000.000
5Smc0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
6Smc0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
7Smc0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
8Smc0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
9Smc0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
10Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
11Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
12Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
13Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
14Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
15Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
16Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
17Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
18Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
19Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
20Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
21Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
22Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
23Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
24Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
25Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
26Nia0.0000.0000.0000.000
27Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
28Nih-0.0000.0000.0000.000
29Nia0.0000.0000.0000.000
30Nic0.0000.0000.0000.000
31Nia0.0000.0000.0000.000
32Nic0.0000.0000.0000.000
33Nic0.0000.0000.0000.000
34Nic0.0000.0000.0000.000
35Nic0.0000.0000.0000.000
36Nic0.0000.0000.0000.000

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni

Energy above hull 0.017 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 MAGMOM36*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 = 36*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29043 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1083 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

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