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Sm2Ni16Mn

Ternary

Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.040T
Magnetization density0.003μB Å−3
Total spin moment2.483μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.032eV atom−1
Cell volume728.310Å3
Number of atoms57atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni-Mn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaMn3Ni48Sm6
a, b, c8.319, 8.319, 12.152 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume728.310 Å3
Volume per atom12.777 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
Mn1Mn3a33m
Ni1Ni9b9.m
Ni2Ni9b9.m
Ni3Ni18c181
Ni4Ni9b9.m
Ni5Ni3a33m

Prototype Relationship

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

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment2.483 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.044 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.003 μB Å−3
μ0M0.040 T
PAW-sphere total1.386 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder1.097 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.240 μB
Transition-metal sublattice1.146 μB
RE–TM alignmentParallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm60.2400.0400.032 to 0.048
Mn310.4013.4673.467 to 3.467
Ni48-9.255-0.193-0.234 to 0.095

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma0.0010.0040.0260.032
2Sma0.0010.0040.0260.032
3Sma0.0010.0060.0410.048
4Sma0.0010.0060.0410.048
5Sma0.0010.0060.0410.048
6Sma0.0010.0040.0260.032
7Mna0.0300.0373.4013.467
8Mna0.0300.0373.4013.467
9Mna0.0300.0373.4013.467
10Nib0.0010.003-0.210-0.206
11Nib0.0010.003-0.210-0.206
12Nib0.0010.003-0.210-0.206
13Nib0.0010.003-0.210-0.206
14Nib0.0010.003-0.210-0.206
15Nib0.0010.003-0.210-0.206
16Nib0.0010.003-0.210-0.206
17Nib-0.0030.001-0.232-0.234
18Nib-0.0030.001-0.232-0.234
19Nib-0.0030.001-0.232-0.234
20Nib-0.0030.001-0.232-0.234
21Nib0.0010.003-0.210-0.206
22Nib0.0010.003-0.210-0.206
23Nib-0.0030.001-0.232-0.234
24Nib-0.0030.001-0.232-0.234
25Nib-0.0030.001-0.232-0.234
26Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
27Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
28Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
29Nib-0.0030.001-0.232-0.234
30Nib-0.0030.001-0.232-0.234
31Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
32Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
33Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
34Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
35Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
36Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
37Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
38Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
39Nib-0.0030.004-0.205-0.204
40Nib-0.0030.004-0.205-0.204
41Nib-0.0030.004-0.205-0.204
42Nib-0.0030.004-0.205-0.204
43Nib-0.0030.004-0.205-0.204
44Nib-0.0030.004-0.205-0.204
45Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
46Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
47Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
48Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
49Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
50Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
51Nic-0.0010.002-0.208-0.208
52Nib-0.0030.004-0.205-0.204
53Nib-0.0030.004-0.205-0.204
54Nib-0.0030.004-0.205-0.204
55Nia-0.0040.0090.0890.095
56Nia-0.0040.0090.0890.095
57Nia-0.0040.0090.0890.095

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni-Mn

Energy above hull 0.032 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 spacing0.29070 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1245 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
3 3 2

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
MnPAW_PBE Mn_pv 07Sep200013.000269.865
NiPAW_PBE Ni_pv 06Sep200016.000367.945