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Sm2Fe9Cr

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.071T
Magnetization density0.092μB Å−3
Total spin moment16.431μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.052eV atom−1
Cell volume178.830Å3
Number of atoms12atoms
Chemical system Sm-Fe-Cr Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCrFe9Sm2
a, b, c5.092, 5.092, 7.963 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume178.830 Å3
Volume per atom14.903 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP-6m2 (No. 187)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group-6m2
Hall symbolP -6 2
Pearson symbolhP6

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm1f1-6m2
Sm2Sm1e1-6m2
Cr1Cr1c1-6m2
Fe1Fe6n6.m.
Fe2Fe1b1-6m2
Fe3Fe1a1-6m2
Fe4Fe1d1-6m2

Prototype Relationship

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

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment16.431 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.369 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.092 μB Å−3
μ0M1.071 T
PAW-sphere total17.129 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.698 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.517 μB
Transition-metal sublattice17.646 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm2-0.517-0.259-0.260 to -0.257
Cr1-2.224-2.224-2.224 to -2.224
Fe919.8702.2082.165 to 2.448

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smf-0.024-0.031-0.206-0.260
2Sme-0.016-0.037-0.204-0.257
3Crc-0.051-0.086-2.087-2.224
4Fen0.007-0.0232.1822.165
5Fen0.007-0.0232.1822.165
6Fen0.007-0.0232.1822.165
7Fen0.007-0.0232.1822.165
8Fen0.007-0.0232.1822.165
9Feb0.016-0.0502.4832.448
10Fen0.007-0.0232.1822.165
11Fea0.013-0.0052.1582.166
12Fed0.008-0.0322.2912.266

Convex Hull: Sm-Fe-Cr

Energy above hull 0.052 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 MAGMOM12*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 = 12*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 3
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.28494 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1109 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 3

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