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Sm2Ni9Cu

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.000T
Magnetization density0.000μB Å−3
Total spin moment-0.022μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.044eV atom−1
Cell volume494.440Å3
Number of atoms36atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni-Cu Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCu3Ni27Sm6
a, b, c4.902, 4.902, 23.761 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume494.440 Å3
Volume per atom13.734 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

Final Symmetry

Space groupR3m (No. 160)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolR 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhR12

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm3a33m
Sm2Sm3a33m
Cu1Cu3a33m
Ni1Ni9b9.m
Ni2Ni3a33m
Ni3Ni9b9.m
Ni4Ni3a33m
Ni5Ni3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment-0.022 μB cell−1
Moment per atom-0.001 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.000 μB Å−3
μ0M0.000 T
PAW-sphere total-0.189 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.167 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.006 μB
Transition-metal sublattice-0.195 μB
RE–TM alignmentOne_sublattice_near_zero

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm60.0060.0010.001 to 0.001
Cu30.0000.000-0.000 to -0.000
Ni27-0.195-0.007-0.010 to -0.004

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma0.0000.0000.0010.001
2Sma0.0000.0000.0010.001
3Sma0.0000.0000.0010.001
4Sma0.0000.0000.0010.001
5Sma0.0000.0000.0010.001
6Sma0.0000.0000.0010.001
7Cua-0.0000.000-0.000-0.000
8Cua-0.0000.000-0.000-0.000
9Cua-0.0000.000-0.000-0.000
10Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
11Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
12Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
13Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
14Nia-0.0000.000-0.011-0.010
15Nia-0.0000.000-0.011-0.010
16Nia-0.0000.000-0.011-0.010
17Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
18Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
19Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
20Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
21Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
22Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
23Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
24Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
25Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
26Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
27Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
28Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
29Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
30Nia0.0000.000-0.004-0.004
31Nib0.0000.000-0.007-0.007
32Nia0.0000.000-0.004-0.004
33Nia0.0000.000-0.004-0.004
34Nia-0.0000.000-0.009-0.009
35Nia-0.0000.000-0.009-0.009
36Nia-0.0000.000-0.009-0.009

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni-Cu

Energy above hull 0.044 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 MAGMOM6*5.0 3*0.6 27*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 = 6*5.0 3*0.6 27*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29602 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1121 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
CuPAW_PBE Cu_pv 06Sep200017.000368.605
NiPAW_PBE Ni_pv 06Sep200016.000367.945