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SmNi5

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.241T
Magnetization density0.021μB Å−3
Total spin moment-10.209μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.091eV atom−1
Cell volume492.720Å3
Number of atoms36atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi30Sm6
a, b, c4.896, 4.896, 23.735 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume492.720 Å3
Volume per atom13.687 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z6

Final Symmetry

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

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm3a33m
Sm2Sm3a33m
Ni1Ni9b9.m
Ni2Ni9b9.m
Ni3Ni3a33m
Ni4Ni3a33m
Ni5Ni3a33m
Ni6Ni3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment-10.209 μB cell−1
Moment per atom-0.284 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.021 μB Å−3
μ0M0.241 T
PAW-sphere total-11.067 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.858 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.390 μB
Transition-metal sublattice-11.457 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm60.3900.0650.057 to 0.073
Ni30-11.457-0.382-0.496 to -0.315

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma0.0050.0070.0610.073
2Sma0.0040.0060.0470.057
3Sma0.0040.0060.0470.057
4Sma0.0040.0060.0470.057
5Sma0.0050.0070.0610.073
6Sma0.0050.0070.0610.073
7Nib0.0010.007-0.369-0.361
8Nib0.0010.007-0.369-0.361
9Nib0.0010.007-0.369-0.361
10Nib0.0010.007-0.369-0.361
11Nib0.0010.007-0.369-0.361
12Nib0.0010.007-0.369-0.361
13Nib0.0010.007-0.369-0.361
14Nib0.0010.007-0.369-0.361
15Nib0.0010.007-0.369-0.361
16Nib-0.0010.005-0.414-0.410
17Nib-0.0010.005-0.414-0.410
18Nib-0.0010.005-0.414-0.410
19Nib-0.0010.005-0.414-0.410
20Nib-0.0010.005-0.414-0.410
21Nib-0.0010.005-0.414-0.410
22Nib-0.0010.005-0.414-0.410
23Nia-0.0090.006-0.494-0.496
24Nia-0.0090.006-0.494-0.496
25Nia-0.0090.006-0.494-0.496
26Nia-0.0010.007-0.333-0.328
27Nia-0.0010.007-0.333-0.328
28Nia-0.0010.007-0.333-0.328
29Nib-0.0010.005-0.414-0.410
30Nib-0.0010.005-0.414-0.410
31Nia-0.0030.008-0.372-0.367
32Nia-0.0030.008-0.372-0.367
33Nia-0.0010.007-0.321-0.315
34Nia-0.0030.008-0.372-0.367
35Nia-0.0010.007-0.321-0.315
36Nia-0.0010.007-0.321-0.315

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni

Energy above hull 0.091 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 spacing0.29637 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1191 / 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