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SmCo16

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.426T
Magnetization density0.122μB Å−3
Total spin moment25.146μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.086eV atom−1
Cell volume205.440Å3
Number of atoms17atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo16Sm
a, b, c3.634, 3.643, 15.519 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume205.440 Å3
Volume per atom12.085 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP4/mmm (No. 123)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-P 4 2
Pearson symboltP17

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm1b14/mmm
Co1Co4i42mm.
Co2Co2g24mm
Co3Co2h24mm
Co4Co4i42mm.
Co5Co2h24mm
Co6Co1a14/mmm
Co7Co1c14/mmm

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment25.146 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.479 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.122 μB Å−3
μ0M1.426 T
PAW-sphere total25.642 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.496 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.179 μB
Transition-metal sublattice25.821 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm1-0.179-0.179-0.179 to -0.179
Co1625.8211.6141.283 to 1.690

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smb-0.011-0.015-0.152-0.179
2Coi-0.012-0.0481.7431.684
3Cog-0.012-0.0511.7481.684
4Coh-0.012-0.0431.7061.652
5Coi-0.008-0.0431.6771.627
6Cog-0.012-0.0511.7471.684
7Coi-0.012-0.0481.7491.689
8Coi-0.012-0.0481.7481.688
9Coh-0.004-0.0381.3251.283
10Coh-0.012-0.0431.7081.653
11Coi-0.009-0.0421.6701.619
12Coa-0.012-0.0511.7141.650
13Coi-0.008-0.0431.6691.618
14Coi-0.012-0.0481.7441.685
15Coi-0.009-0.0431.6621.611
16Coh-0.004-0.0371.3461.304
17Coc-0.010-0.0501.7501.690

Convex Hull: Sm-Co

Energy above hull 0.086 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 MAGMOM1*5.0 16*2.0
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 = 1*5.0 16*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh8 × 6 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.40488 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1375 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
8 6 1

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
CoPAW_PBE Co 06Sep20009.000267.969