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Sm3Ni13Mn

Ternary

Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.163T
Magnetization density0.014μB Å−3
Total spin moment3.451μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.082eV atom−1
Cell volume246.390Å3
Number of atoms17atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni-Mn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaMnNi13Sm3
a, b, c4.931, 4.931, 11.699 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume246.390 Å3
Volume per atom14.494 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP3m1 (No. 156)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolP 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhP17

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm1b13m.
Sm2Sm1b13m.
Sm3Sm1b13m.
Mn1Mn1a13m.
Ni1Ni3d3.m.
Ni2Ni1c13m.
Ni3Ni1c13m.
Ni4Ni1a13m.
Ni5Ni1c13m.
Ni6Ni3d3.m.
Ni7Ni3d3.m.

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment3.451 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.203 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.014 μB Å−3
μ0M0.163 T
PAW-sphere total3.363 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.088 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.012 μB
Transition-metal sublattice3.351 μB
RE–TM alignmentOne_sublattice_near_zero

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm30.0120.004-0.007 to 0.013
Mn13.2113.2113.211 to 3.211
Ni130.1400.011-0.317 to 0.379

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smb0.0010.0010.0050.006
2Smb-0.0020.006-0.011-0.007
3Smb0.0000.0020.0110.013
4Mna0.0380.0313.1423.211
5Nid-0.002-0.0040.2700.264
6Nic-0.0020.005-0.290-0.287
7Nic-0.002-0.0120.3930.379
8Nid-0.002-0.0040.2700.264
9Nia-0.001-0.000-0.090-0.091
10Nic-0.0030.006-0.113-0.110
11Nid-0.002-0.0040.2700.264
12Nid-0.002-0.0040.1420.136
13Nid-0.002-0.0040.1420.136
14Nid0.0000.003-0.320-0.317
15Nid-0.002-0.0040.1420.136
16Nid0.0000.003-0.320-0.317
17Nid0.0000.003-0.320-0.317

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni-Mn

Energy above hull 0.082 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 MAGMOM17*5.0
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 = 17*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 2
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29424 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1092 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 2

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
MnPAW_PBE Mn_pv 07Sep200013.000269.865
NiPAW_PBE Ni_pv 06Sep200016.000367.945