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Sm3Co14Zn

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.865T
Magnetization density0.074μB Å−3
Total spin moment19.091μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.029eV atom−1
Cell volume257.190Å3
Number of atoms18atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co-Zn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo14Sm3Zn
a, b, c4.999, 4.999, 11.885 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume257.190 Å3
Volume per atom14.288 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP-6m2 (No. 187)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group-6m2
Hall symbolP -6 2
Pearson symbolhP18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm2g23m.
Sm2Sm1a1-6m2
Zn1Zn1e1-6m2
Co1Co2i23m.
Co2Co2h23m.
Co3Co6n6.m.
Co4Co3k3mm2
Co5Co1c1-6m2

Prototype Relationship

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

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment19.091 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.061 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.074 μB Å−3
μ0M0.865 T
PAW-sphere total20.036 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.945 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.736 μB
Transition-metal sublattice20.772 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm3-0.736-0.245-0.248 to -0.244
Zn1-0.063-0.063-0.063 to -0.063
Co1420.8351.4881.351 to 1.556

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smg-0.012-0.023-0.209-0.244
2Smg-0.012-0.023-0.209-0.244
3Sma-0.010-0.024-0.214-0.248
4Zne-0.003-0.056-0.003-0.063
5Coi0.005-0.0401.5681.533
6Coi0.005-0.0401.5681.533
7Coh0.006-0.0451.5481.510
8Coh0.006-0.0451.5481.510
9Con-0.005-0.0351.4941.455
10Con-0.005-0.0351.4941.455
11Con-0.005-0.0351.4941.455
12Con-0.005-0.0351.4941.455
13Con-0.005-0.0351.4941.455
14Con-0.005-0.0351.4941.455
15Cok-0.005-0.0391.6001.556
16Cok-0.005-0.0391.6001.556
17Coc-0.005-0.0361.3921.351
18Cok-0.005-0.0391.6001.556

Convex Hull: Sm-Co-Zn

Energy above hull 0.029 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 1*0.6 14*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 = 3*5.0 1*0.6 14*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 2
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29028 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1089 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 2

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
ZnPAW_PBE Zn 06Sep200012.000276.727
CoPAW_PBE Co 06Sep20009.000267.969