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Sm3Co13Cu

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.812T
Magnetization density0.070μB Å−3
Total spin moment17.436μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.093eV atom−1
Cell volume250.210Å3
Number of atoms17atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co-Cu Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo13CuSm3
a, b, c4.934, 4.934, 11.869 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume250.210 Å3
Volume per atom14.718 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP-6m2 (No. 187)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group-6m2
Hall symbolP -6 2
Pearson symbolhP17

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm1c1-6m2
Sm2Sm2h23m.
Co1Co2i23m.
Co2Co2g23m.
Co3Co6n6.m.
Co4Co3k3mm2
Cu1Cu1a1-6m2

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment17.436 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.026 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.070 μB Å−3
μ0M0.812 T
PAW-sphere total18.399 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.963 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.738 μB
Transition-metal sublattice19.137 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm3-0.738-0.246-0.260 to -0.239
Co1319.1101.4701.442 to 1.512
Cu10.0270.0270.027 to 0.027

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smc-0.015-0.023-0.222-0.260
2Smh-0.013-0.023-0.203-0.239
3Smh-0.013-0.023-0.203-0.239
4Coi0.002-0.0441.4841.442
5Cog0.002-0.0451.5321.489
6Cog0.002-0.0451.5321.489
7Coi0.002-0.0441.4841.442
8Con-0.002-0.0321.4861.452
9Con-0.002-0.0321.4861.452
10Con-0.002-0.0321.4861.452
11Con-0.002-0.0321.4861.452
12Con-0.002-0.0321.4861.452
13Cok-0.006-0.0391.5571.512
14Cok-0.006-0.0391.5571.512
15Con-0.002-0.0321.4861.452
16Cok-0.006-0.0391.5571.512
17Cua-0.010-0.0330.0700.027

Convex Hull: Sm-Co-Cu

Energy above hull 0.093 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 MAGMOM3*5.0 13*2.0 1*0.6
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 = 3*5.0 13*2.0 1*0.6
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 2
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29410 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1064 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 2

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
CoPAW_PBE Co 06Sep20009.000267.969
CuPAW_PBE Cu_pv 06Sep200017.000368.605