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Sm2Fe9Mn

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.266T
Magnetization density0.109μB Å−3
Total spin moment19.129μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.046eV atom−1
Cell volume176.210Å3
Number of atoms12atoms
Chemical system Sm-Fe-Mn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaFe9MnSm2
a, b, c5.086, 5.086, 7.867 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume176.210 Å3
Volume per atom14.684 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
Sm1Sm1d1-6m2
Sm2Sm1c1-6m2
Mn1Mn1b1-6m2
Fe1Fe6n6.m.
Fe2Fe1f1-6m2
Fe3Fe1e1-6m2
Fe4Fe1a1-6m2

Prototype Relationship

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

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment19.129 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.594 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.109 μB Å−3
μ0M1.266 T
PAW-sphere total19.689 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.560 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.473 μB
Transition-metal sublattice20.162 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm2-0.473-0.236-0.247 to -0.226
Mn11.8421.8421.842 to 1.842
Fe918.3202.0361.974 to 2.284

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smd-0.023-0.029-0.174-0.226
2Smc-0.026-0.031-0.191-0.247
3Mnb0.000-0.0261.8671.842
4Fen0.001-0.0312.0051.974
5Fen0.001-0.0312.0051.974
6Fen0.001-0.0312.0051.974
7Fen0.001-0.0312.0051.974
8Fen0.001-0.0312.0051.974
9Fef-0.004-0.0392.0472.004
10Fen0.001-0.0312.0051.974
11Fee0.011-0.0392.3122.284
12Fea0.004-0.0342.2182.188

Convex Hull: Sm-Fe-Mn

Energy above hull 0.046 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 spacing0.28531 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1069 / 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
FePAW_PBE Fe_pv 06Sep200014.000293.238