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SmCo9Ti2

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.686T
Magnetization density0.059μB Å−3
Total spin moment27.894μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.028eV atom−1
Cell volume473.860Å3
Number of atoms36atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co-Ti Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo27Sm3Ti6
a, b, c4.834, 4.834, 23.412 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume473.860 Å3
Volume per atom13.163 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

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
Sm1Sm3a3-3m
Ti1Ti6c63m
Co1Co18h18.m
Co2Co3b3-3m
Co3Co6c63m

Prototype Relationship

Parent space groupR-3m (No. 166)
AFLOW ANRL labelAB2C9_hR12_166_a_c_bch-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment27.894 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.775 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.059 μB Å−3
μ0M0.686 T
PAW-sphere total29.709 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-1.815 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.591 μB
Transition-metal sublattice30.300 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm3-0.591-0.197-0.197 to -0.197
Ti6-4.056-0.676-0.676 to -0.676
Co2734.3561.2721.206 to 1.418

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma-0.010-0.017-0.170-0.197
2Sma-0.010-0.017-0.170-0.197
3Sma-0.010-0.017-0.170-0.197
4Tic-0.012-0.048-0.616-0.676
5Tic-0.012-0.048-0.616-0.676
6Tic-0.012-0.048-0.616-0.676
7Tic-0.012-0.048-0.616-0.676
8Tic-0.012-0.048-0.616-0.676
9Tic-0.012-0.048-0.616-0.676
10Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
11Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
12Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
13Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
14Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
15Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
16Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
17Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
18Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
19Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
20Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
21Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
22Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
23Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
24Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
25Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
26Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
27Coh-0.001-0.0331.2691.235
28Cob0.001-0.0281.2331.206
29Cob0.001-0.0281.2331.206
30Coc0.005-0.0381.4511.418
31Cob0.001-0.0281.2331.206
32Coc0.005-0.0381.4511.418
33Coc0.005-0.0381.4511.418
34Coc0.005-0.0381.4511.418
35Coc0.005-0.0381.4511.418
36Coc0.005-0.0381.4511.418

Convex Hull: Sm-Co-Ti

Energy above hull 0.028 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 MAGMOM3*5.0 6*0.6 27*2.0
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 = 3*5.0 6*0.6 27*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.30015 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1248 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
TiPAW_PBE Ti_pv 07Sep200010.000222.338
CoPAW_PBE Co 06Sep20009.000267.969