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Y3Co14Zn

Ternary

Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.907T
Magnetization density0.078μB Å−3
Total spin moment58.099μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.058eV atom−1
Cell volume746.430Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Y-Co-Zn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo42Y9Zn3
a, b, c4.915, 4.915, 35.678 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume746.430 Å3
Volume per atom13.823 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
Zn1Zn3a33m
Co1Co9b9.m
Co2Co9b9.m
Co3Co3a33m
Co4Co3a33m
Co5Co9b9.m
Co6Co3a33m
Co7Co3a33m
Co8Co3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment58.099 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.076 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.078 μB Å−3
μ0M0.907 T
PAW-sphere total60.984 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-2.885 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-2.193 μB
Transition-metal sublattice63.177 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y9-2.193-0.244-0.254 to -0.232
Zn3-0.189-0.063-0.063 to -0.063
Co4263.3661.5091.272 to 1.873

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya-0.013-0.045-0.174-0.232
2Ya-0.007-0.045-0.193-0.245
3Ya-0.007-0.045-0.193-0.245
4Ya-0.013-0.045-0.174-0.232
5Ya-0.013-0.045-0.174-0.232
6Ya-0.017-0.052-0.186-0.254
7Ya-0.017-0.052-0.186-0.254
8Ya-0.017-0.052-0.186-0.254
9Ya-0.007-0.045-0.193-0.245
10Zna-0.006-0.0590.003-0.063
11Zna-0.006-0.0590.003-0.063
12Zna-0.006-0.0590.003-0.063
13Cob-0.003-0.0371.6341.595
14Cob-0.003-0.0371.6341.595
15Cob-0.003-0.0371.6341.595
16Cob-0.003-0.0371.6341.595
17Cob-0.005-0.0331.4791.441
18Cob-0.005-0.0331.4791.441
19Cob-0.005-0.0331.4791.441
20Cob-0.005-0.0331.4791.441
21Cob-0.005-0.0331.4791.441
22Cob-0.005-0.0331.4791.441
23Cob-0.005-0.0331.4791.441
24Cob-0.003-0.0371.6341.595
25Cob-0.003-0.0371.6341.595
26Cob-0.003-0.0371.6341.595
27Cob-0.003-0.0371.6341.595
28Cob-0.003-0.0371.6341.595
29Cob-0.005-0.0331.4791.441
30Cob-0.005-0.0331.4791.441
31Coa0.007-0.0401.5771.543
32Coa0.007-0.0401.5771.543
33Coa0.007-0.0501.5701.528
34Coa0.007-0.0501.5701.528
35Cob-0.002-0.0321.4441.411
36Cob-0.002-0.0321.4441.411
37Cob-0.002-0.0321.4441.411
38Cob-0.002-0.0321.4441.411
39Cob-0.002-0.0321.4441.411
40Cob-0.002-0.0321.4441.411
41Cob-0.002-0.0321.4441.411
42Cob-0.002-0.0321.4441.411
43Cob-0.002-0.0321.4441.411
44Coa0.007-0.0401.5771.543
45Coa-0.004-0.0271.3041.272
46Coa-0.004-0.0271.3041.272
47Coa-0.004-0.0271.3041.272
48Coa0.015-0.0381.8961.873
49Coa0.015-0.0381.8961.873
50Coa0.015-0.0381.8961.873
51Coa0.001-0.0391.6031.565
52Coa0.001-0.0391.6031.565
53Coa0.007-0.0501.5701.528
54Coa0.001-0.0391.6031.565

Convex Hull: Y-Co-Zn

Energy above hull 0.058 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 MAGMOM12*0.6 42*2.0
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 = 12*0.6 42*2.0
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 spacing0.29522 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1105 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
YPAW_PBE Y_sv 06Sep200011.000211.641
ZnPAW_PBE Zn 06Sep200012.000276.727
CoPAW_PBE Co 02Aug20079.000267.968