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Sm2Ni9Mn

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.459T
Magnetization density0.039μB Å−3
Total spin moment19.709μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.025eV atom−1
Cell volume500.790Å3
Number of atoms36atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni-Mn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaMn3Ni27Sm6
a, b, c4.916, 4.916, 23.931 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume500.790 Å3
Volume per atom13.911 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
Mn1Mn3a33m
Ni1Ni9b9.m
Ni2Ni3a33m
Ni3Ni3a33m
Ni4Ni9b9.m
Ni5Ni3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment19.709 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.547 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.039 μB Å−3
μ0M0.459 T
PAW-sphere total19.983 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.274 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.375 μB
Transition-metal sublattice20.358 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm6-0.375-0.062-0.071 to -0.054
Mn311.5383.8463.846 to 3.846
Ni278.8200.3270.276 to 0.397

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma-0.005-0.004-0.045-0.054
2Sma-0.009-0.002-0.060-0.071
3Sma-0.009-0.002-0.060-0.071
4Sma-0.009-0.002-0.060-0.071
5Sma-0.005-0.004-0.045-0.054
6Sma-0.005-0.004-0.045-0.054
7Mna0.0450.0253.7773.846
8Mna0.0450.0253.7773.846
9Mna0.0450.0253.7773.846
10Nib-0.003-0.0100.2890.276
11Nib-0.003-0.0100.2890.276
12Nib-0.003-0.0100.2890.276
13Nib-0.003-0.0100.2890.276
14Nib-0.003-0.0100.2890.276
15Nib-0.003-0.0100.2890.276
16Nib-0.003-0.0100.2890.276
17Nia-0.001-0.0060.2840.277
18Nia0.002-0.0080.3220.317
19Nia0.002-0.0080.3220.317
20Nia0.002-0.0080.3220.317
21Nib-0.003-0.0100.2890.276
22Nib-0.003-0.0100.2890.276
23Nib-0.005-0.0110.4120.397
24Nib-0.005-0.0110.4120.397
25Nib-0.005-0.0110.4120.397
26Nib-0.005-0.0110.4120.397
27Nib-0.005-0.0110.4120.397
28Nib-0.005-0.0110.4120.397
29Nia-0.001-0.0060.2840.277
30Nia-0.001-0.0060.2840.277
31Nib-0.005-0.0110.4120.397
32Nib-0.005-0.0110.4120.397
33Nia-0.005-0.0120.3440.327
34Nib-0.005-0.0110.4120.397
35Nia-0.005-0.0120.3440.327
36Nia-0.005-0.0120.3440.327

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni-Mn

Energy above hull 0.025 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 MAGMOM36*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 = 36*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 spacing0.29519 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1107 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

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