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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 moment0.000μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.088eV atom−1
Cell volume532.440Å3
Number of atoms36atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi27Sm9
a, b, c4.998, 4.998, 24.610 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume532.440 Å3
Volume per atom14.790 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z9

Final Symmetry

Space groupR3m (No. 160)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolR 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhR12

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm3a33m
Sm2Sm3a33m
Sm3Sm3a33m
Ni1Ni9b9.m
Ni2Ni9b9.m
Ni3Ni3a33m
Ni4Ni3a33m
Ni5Ni3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment0.000 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 remainder0.000 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
1Sma-0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
2Sma0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
3Sma0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
4Sma0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
5Sma-0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
6Sma-0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
7Sma-0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
8Sma-0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
9Sma-0.000-0.000-0.000-0.000
10Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
11Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
12Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
13Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
14Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
15Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
16Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
17Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
18Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
19Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
20Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
21Nia-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
22Nia-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
23Nia-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
24Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
25Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
26Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
27Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
28Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
29Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
30Nia0.000-0.0000.0000.000
31Nib-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
32Nia0.000-0.0000.0000.000
33Nia0.000-0.0000.0000.000
34Nia-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
35Nia-0.000-0.0000.0000.000
36Nia-0.000-0.0000.0000.000

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni

Energy above hull 0.088 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 spacing0.29031 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1104 / 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