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Y3Co14Zn

Ternary

Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.918T
Magnetization density0.079μB Å−3
Total spin moment59.013μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.051eV atom−1
Cell volume748.480Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Y-Co-Zn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo42Y9Zn3
a, b, c4.882, 4.882, 36.265 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume748.480 Å3
Volume per atom13.861 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 moment59.013 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.093 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.079 μB Å−3
μ0M0.918 T
PAW-sphere total61.323 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-2.310 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-2.118 μB
Transition-metal sublattice63.441 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y9-2.118-0.235-0.243 to -0.229
Zn3-0.174-0.058-0.058 to -0.058
Co4263.6151.5151.381 to 1.819

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya-0.014-0.043-0.177-0.234
2Ya-0.016-0.045-0.181-0.243
3Ya-0.016-0.045-0.181-0.243
4Ya-0.014-0.043-0.177-0.234
5Ya-0.014-0.043-0.177-0.234
6Ya-0.009-0.043-0.178-0.229
7Ya-0.009-0.043-0.178-0.229
8Ya-0.009-0.043-0.178-0.229
9Ya-0.016-0.045-0.181-0.243
10Zna-0.003-0.0580.003-0.058
11Zna-0.003-0.0580.003-0.058
12Zna-0.003-0.0580.003-0.058
13Cob-0.006-0.0371.5641.521
14Cob-0.006-0.0371.5641.521
15Cob-0.006-0.0371.5641.521
16Cob-0.006-0.0371.5641.521
17Cob-0.002-0.0321.4151.381
18Cob-0.002-0.0321.4151.381
19Cob-0.002-0.0321.4151.381
20Cob-0.002-0.0321.4151.381
21Coa0.006-0.0361.5061.476
22Coa0.006-0.0361.5061.476
23Coa0.006-0.0361.5061.476
24Cob-0.006-0.0371.5641.521
25Cob-0.006-0.0371.5641.521
26Cob-0.006-0.0371.5641.521
27Cob-0.006-0.0371.5641.521
28Cob-0.006-0.0371.5641.521
29Cob-0.002-0.0321.4151.381
30Cob-0.002-0.0321.4151.381
31Cob-0.002-0.0321.4151.381
32Cob-0.002-0.0321.4151.381
33Coa0.010-0.0301.8391.819
34Coa0.010-0.0301.8391.819
35Cob-0.002-0.0321.5881.554
36Cob-0.002-0.0321.5881.554
37Cob-0.002-0.0321.5881.554
38Cob-0.002-0.0321.5881.554
39Cob-0.002-0.0321.5881.554
40Cob-0.002-0.0321.5881.554
41Cob-0.002-0.0321.5881.554
42Cob-0.002-0.0321.5881.554
43Cob-0.002-0.0321.5881.554
44Cob-0.002-0.0321.4151.381
45Coa0.008-0.0451.5261.489
46Coa0.008-0.0451.5261.489
47Coa0.008-0.0451.5261.489
48Coa0.009-0.0491.6161.575
49Coa0.009-0.0491.6161.575
50Coa0.009-0.0491.6161.575
51Coa0.004-0.0371.5111.478
52Coa0.004-0.0371.5111.478
53Coa0.010-0.0301.8391.819
54Coa0.004-0.0371.5111.478

Convex Hull: Y-Co-Zn

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 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 spacing0.29723 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1140 / 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