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Sm2Co9Mn

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.079T
Magnetization density0.093μB Å−3
Total spin moment15.948μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.015eV atom−1
Cell volume172.190Å3
Number of atoms12atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co-Mn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo9MnSm2
a, b, c5.021, 5.021, 7.886 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume172.190 Å3
Volume per atom14.349 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP-6m2 (No. 187)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group-6m2
Hall symbolP -6 2
Pearson symbolhP12

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm1c1-6m2
Sm2Sm1d1-6m2
Mn1Mn1b1-6m2
Co1Co6n6.m.
Co2Co1e1-6m2
Co3Co1f1-6m2
Co4Co1a1-6m2

Prototype Relationship

Parent prototypeCaCu5-type (AB5)
Parent space groupP6/mmm (No. 191)
AFLOW ANRL labelAB5_hP6_191_a_cg-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment15.948 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.329 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.093 μB Å−3
μ0M1.079 T
PAW-sphere total16.440 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.492 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.449 μB
Transition-metal sublattice16.889 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm2-0.449-0.225-0.246 to -0.203
Mn13.0403.0403.040 to 3.040
Co913.8491.5391.519 to 1.592

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smc-0.013-0.023-0.210-0.246
2Smd-0.012-0.018-0.173-0.203
3Mnb0.024-0.0043.0203.040
4Con-0.006-0.0361.5611.519
5Con-0.006-0.0361.5611.519
6Con-0.006-0.0361.5611.519
7Con-0.006-0.0361.5611.519
8Con-0.006-0.0361.5611.519
9Coe0.007-0.0371.6201.590
10Con-0.006-0.0361.5611.519
11Cof-0.010-0.0521.6541.592
12Coa0.000-0.0391.5911.553

Convex Hull: Sm-Co-Mn

Energy above hull 0.015 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 9*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 9*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 3
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.28897 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1121 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 3

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
MnPAW_PBE Mn_pv 07Sep200013.000269.865
CoPAW_PBE Co 06Sep20009.000267.969