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Sm3Co14Cu

Ternary

Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.893T
Magnetization density0.077μB Å−3
Total spin moment58.486μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.067eV atom−1
Cell volume763.500Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co-Cu Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo42Cu3Sm9
a, b, c4.905, 4.905, 36.650 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume763.500 Å3
Volume per atom14.139 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

Final Symmetry

Space groupR3m (No. 160)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolR 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhR18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm3a33m
Sm2Sm3a33m
Sm3Sm3a33m
Co1Co9b9.m
Co2Co3a33m
Co3Co9b9.m
Co4Co3a33m
Co5Co9b9.m
Co6Co3a33m
Co7Co3a33m
Co8Co3a33m
Cu1Cu3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment58.486 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.083 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.077 μB Å−3
μ0M0.893 T
PAW-sphere total61.104 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-2.618 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-2.043 μB
Transition-metal sublattice63.147 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm9-2.043-0.227-0.234 to -0.222
Co4263.0571.5011.399 to 1.826
Cu30.0900.0300.030 to 0.030

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma-0.017-0.021-0.184-0.222
2Sma-0.016-0.021-0.197-0.234
3Sma-0.016-0.021-0.197-0.234
4Sma-0.017-0.021-0.184-0.222
5Sma-0.017-0.021-0.184-0.222
6Sma-0.011-0.021-0.193-0.225
7Sma-0.011-0.021-0.193-0.225
8Sma-0.011-0.021-0.193-0.225
9Sma-0.016-0.021-0.197-0.234
10Cob-0.004-0.0361.5921.553
11Cob-0.004-0.0361.5921.553
12Cob-0.004-0.0361.5921.553
13Cob-0.004-0.0361.5921.553
14Coa0.001-0.0391.4741.435
15Coa0.001-0.0391.4741.435
16Coa0.001-0.0391.4741.435
17Cob-0.003-0.0321.4351.399
18Cob-0.003-0.0321.4351.399
19Cob-0.003-0.0321.4351.399
20Cob-0.003-0.0321.4351.399
21Cob-0.004-0.0361.5921.553
22Cob-0.004-0.0361.5921.553
23Cob-0.004-0.0361.5921.553
24Cob-0.004-0.0361.5921.553
25Cob-0.004-0.0361.5921.553
26Cob-0.003-0.0321.4351.399
27Cob-0.003-0.0321.4351.399
28Cob-0.003-0.0321.4351.399
29Cob-0.003-0.0321.4351.399
30Coa0.009-0.0331.8501.826
31Cob-0.003-0.0321.4351.399
32Coa0.009-0.0331.8501.826
33Cob-0.007-0.0391.5331.488
34Cob-0.007-0.0391.5331.488
35Cob-0.007-0.0391.5331.488
36Cob-0.007-0.0391.5331.488
37Cob-0.007-0.0391.5331.488
38Cob-0.007-0.0391.5331.488
39Cob-0.007-0.0391.5331.488
40Cob-0.007-0.0391.5331.488
41Coa0.009-0.0331.8501.826
42Coa0.005-0.0521.5861.539
43Coa0.005-0.0521.5861.539
44Coa0.005-0.0521.5861.539
45Coa0.004-0.0391.4811.446
46Coa0.004-0.0391.4811.446
47Coa0.004-0.0461.4951.453
48Coa0.004-0.0461.4951.453
49Coa0.004-0.0461.4951.453
50Coa0.004-0.0391.4811.446
51Cob-0.007-0.0391.5331.488
52Cua-0.007-0.0270.0640.030
53Cua-0.007-0.0270.0640.030
54Cua-0.007-0.0270.0640.030

Convex Hull: Sm-Co-Cu

Energy above hull 0.067 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 MAGMOM9*5.0 42*2.0 3*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 = 9*5.0 42*2.0 3*0.6
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29585 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1111 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

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