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Sm3Co14Cu

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.888T
Magnetization density0.076μB Å−3
Total spin moment19.433μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.028eV atom−1
Cell volume255.100Å3
Number of atoms18atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co-Cu Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo14CuSm3
a, b, c8.616, 3.963, 8.622 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 119.961, 90.000°
Cell volume255.100 Å3
Volume per atom14.172 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP-62m (No. 189)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group-6m2
Hall symbolP -6 -2
Pearson symbolhP18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm3g3m2m
Co1Co6j6m..
Co2Co2d2-6..
Co3Co3f3m2m
Co4Co3g3m2m
Cu1Cu1b1-62m

Prototype Relationship

Parent prototypeCaCu5-type (AB5)
Parent space groupP6/mmm (No. 191)
AFLOW ANRL labelAB5_hP6_191_a_cg-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment19.433 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.080 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.076 μB Å−3
μ0M0.888 T
PAW-sphere total20.397 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.964 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.729 μB
Transition-metal sublattice21.126 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm3-0.729-0.243-0.244 to -0.242
Co1421.1021.5071.461 to 1.542
Cu10.0240.0240.024 to 0.024

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smg-0.011-0.024-0.208-0.244
2Smg-0.012-0.024-0.207-0.243
3Smg-0.012-0.024-0.206-0.242
4Coj-0.005-0.0391.5861.542
5Cod0.003-0.0431.5581.519
6Coj-0.005-0.0391.5821.538
7Coj-0.005-0.0391.5801.537
8Coj-0.005-0.0391.5851.541
9Cof-0.004-0.0331.5071.470
10Cog0.001-0.0421.5111.470
11Cog0.001-0.0421.5171.477
12Cod0.003-0.0431.5621.523
13Cog0.001-0.0421.5181.478
14Coj-0.005-0.0391.5851.542
15Cof-0.004-0.0331.5051.468
16Coj-0.005-0.0391.5791.536
17Cof-0.004-0.0331.4981.461
18Cub-0.006-0.0250.0550.024

Convex Hull: Sm-Co-Cu

Energy above hull 0.028 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 14*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 14*2.0 1*0.6
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh3 × 6 × 3
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.28057 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1123 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
3 6 3

PAW Potentials

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