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Sm2Co16V

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.978T
Magnetization density0.084μB Å−3
Total spin moment41.260μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.013eV atom−1
Cell volume491.560Å3
Number of atoms38atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co-V Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo32Sm4V2
a, b, c9.455, 8.351, 6.310 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 99.372, 90.000°
Cell volume491.560 Å3
Volume per atom12.936 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z2

Final Symmetry

Space groupR3m (No. 160)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolR 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhR19

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm2a23m
Sm2Sm2a23m
V1V2a23m
Co1Co4b4.m
Co2Co4b4.m
Co3Co4b4.m
Co4Co4c41
Co5Co2b2.m
Co6Co4c41
Co7Co2b2.m
Co8Co2b2.m
Co9Co4c41
Co10Co2a23m

Prototype Relationship

Parent prototypeTh2Zn17-type (A17B2)
Parent space groupR-3m (No. 166)
AFLOW ANRL labelA17B2_hR19_166_cegh_c-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment41.260 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.086 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.084 μB Å−3
μ0M0.978 T
PAW-sphere total42.970 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-1.710 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.954 μB
Transition-metal sublattice43.924 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm4-0.954-0.239-0.245 to -0.232
V2-2.422-1.211-1.211 to -1.211
Co3246.3461.4481.317 to 1.510

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma-0.011-0.024-0.198-0.232
2Sma-0.011-0.024-0.198-0.232
3Sma-0.012-0.026-0.207-0.245
4Sma-0.012-0.026-0.207-0.245
5Va-0.029-0.047-1.136-1.211
6Va-0.029-0.047-1.136-1.211
7Cob-0.007-0.0451.4991.447
8Cob-0.007-0.0451.4991.447
9Cob-0.006-0.0431.4801.431
10Cob-0.006-0.0431.4801.431
11Cob-0.007-0.0451.4991.447
12Cob-0.007-0.0451.4991.447
13Cob-0.006-0.0431.4801.431
14Cob-0.006-0.0431.4801.431
15Cob-0.001-0.0491.4531.403
16Cob-0.001-0.0491.4531.403
17Coc-0.003-0.0401.5511.508
18Coc-0.003-0.0401.5511.508
19Cob-0.001-0.0491.4531.403
20Cob-0.001-0.0491.4531.403
21Cob-0.007-0.0421.4671.418
22Cob-0.007-0.0421.4671.418
23Coc-0.004-0.0401.5501.506
24Coc-0.004-0.0401.5501.506
25Coc-0.003-0.0401.5511.508
26Coc-0.003-0.0401.5511.508
27Cob-0.007-0.0451.4931.440
28Cob-0.007-0.0451.4931.440
29Coc-0.004-0.0401.5501.506
30Coc-0.004-0.0401.5501.506
31Cob-0.002-0.0501.4401.388
32Cob-0.002-0.0501.4401.388
33Coc-0.003-0.0401.5531.510
34Coc-0.003-0.0401.5531.510
35Coc-0.003-0.0401.5531.510
36Coc-0.003-0.0401.5531.510
37Coa-0.003-0.0551.3751.317
38Coa-0.003-0.0551.3751.317

Convex Hull: Sm-Co-V

Energy above hull 0.013 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 MAGMOM6*5.0 32*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 = 6*5.0 32*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh2 × 3 × 4
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.33677 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1210 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
2 3 4

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
VPAW_PBE V_pv 07Sep200011.000263.675
CoPAW_PBE Co 06Sep20009.000267.969