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Sm2Fe16Cr

Ternary

Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.443T
Magnetization density0.124μB Å−3
Total spin moment96.349μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.030eV atom−1
Cell volume778.360Å3
Number of atoms57atoms
Chemical system Sm-Fe-Cr Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCr3Fe48Sm6
a, b, c8.488, 8.488, 12.476 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume778.360 Å3
Volume per atom13.655 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

Final Symmetry

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

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm3a33m
Sm2Sm3a33m
Cr1Cr3a33m
Fe1Fe18c181
Fe2Fe3a33m
Fe3Fe9b9.m
Fe4Fe9b9.m
Fe5Fe9b9.m

Prototype Relationship

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

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment96.349 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.690 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.124 μB Å−3
μ0M1.443 T
PAW-sphere total99.264 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-2.915 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-1.740 μB
Transition-metal sublattice101.004 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm6-1.740-0.290-0.299 to -0.281
Cr3-7.401-2.467-2.467 to -2.467
Fe48108.4052.2582.012 to 2.412

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma-0.023-0.034-0.242-0.299
2Sma-0.023-0.034-0.242-0.299
3Sma-0.023-0.032-0.226-0.281
4Sma-0.023-0.032-0.226-0.281
5Sma-0.023-0.032-0.226-0.281
6Sma-0.023-0.034-0.242-0.299
7Cra-0.053-0.087-2.327-2.467
8Cra-0.053-0.087-2.327-2.467
9Cra-0.053-0.087-2.327-2.467
10Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
11Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
12Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
13Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
14Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
15Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
16Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
17Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
18Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
19Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
20Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
21Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
22Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
23Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
24Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
25Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
26Fea0.003-0.0492.4572.412
27Fea0.003-0.0492.4572.412
28Fea0.003-0.0492.4572.412
29Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
30Fec0.001-0.0332.4112.379
31Feb-0.003-0.0352.0492.012
32Feb-0.003-0.0352.0492.012
33Feb-0.003-0.0352.0492.012
34Feb-0.003-0.0352.0492.012
35Feb-0.003-0.0352.0492.012
36Feb-0.003-0.0352.0492.012
37Feb-0.003-0.0352.0492.012
38Feb-0.003-0.0352.0492.012
39Feb0.005-0.0312.2262.200
40Feb0.005-0.0312.2262.200
41Feb0.005-0.0312.2262.200
42Feb0.005-0.0312.2262.200
43Feb0.005-0.0312.2262.200
44Feb0.005-0.0312.2262.200
45Feb-0.003-0.0352.0492.012
46Feb-0.002-0.0342.3072.271
47Feb-0.002-0.0342.3072.271
48Feb-0.002-0.0342.3072.271
49Feb-0.002-0.0342.3072.271
50Feb-0.002-0.0342.3072.271
51Feb-0.002-0.0342.3072.271
52Feb-0.002-0.0342.3072.271
53Feb-0.002-0.0342.3072.271
54Feb-0.002-0.0342.3072.271
55Feb0.005-0.0312.2262.200
56Feb0.005-0.0312.2262.200
57Feb0.005-0.0312.2262.200

Convex Hull: Sm-Fe-Cr

Energy above hull 0.030 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 MAGMOM57*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 = 57*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh3 × 3 × 2
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.28494 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1179 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
3 3 2

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
CrPAW_PBE Cr_pv 07Sep200012.000265.683
FePAW_PBE Fe_pv 06Sep200014.000293.238