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Sm3Ni13Zn

Ternary

Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.120T
Magnetization density0.010μB Å−3
Total spin moment-7.564μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.068eV atom−1
Cell volume736.240Å3
Number of atoms51atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni-Zn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi39Sm9Zn3
a, b, c4.892, 4.892, 35.523 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume736.240 Å3
Volume per atom14.436 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

Final Symmetry

Space groupR3m (No. 160)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolR 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhR17

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm3a33m
Sm2Sm3a33m
Sm3Sm3a33m
Zn1Zn3a33m
Ni1Ni9b9.m
Ni2Ni9b9.m
Ni3Ni3a33m
Ni4Ni3a33m
Ni5Ni9b9.m
Ni6Ni3a33m
Ni7Ni3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment-7.564 μB cell−1
Moment per atom-0.148 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.010 μB Å−3
μ0M0.120 T
PAW-sphere total-8.403 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.839 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.384 μB
Transition-metal sublattice-8.787 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm90.3840.0430.036 to 0.054
Zn30.0060.0020.002 to 0.002
Ni39-8.793-0.225-0.331 to -0.108

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma0.0030.0050.0460.054
2Sma0.0020.0040.0310.036
3Sma0.0020.0040.0310.036
4Sma0.0020.0040.0320.038
5Sma0.0020.0040.0320.038
6Sma0.0020.0040.0320.038
7Sma0.0030.0050.0460.054
8Sma0.0030.0050.0460.054
9Sma0.0020.0040.0310.036
10Zna-0.0050.0060.0010.002
11Zna-0.0050.0060.0010.002
12Zna-0.0050.0060.0010.002
13Nib0.0010.006-0.338-0.331
14Nib0.0010.006-0.338-0.331
15Nib0.0010.006-0.338-0.331
16Nib0.0010.006-0.338-0.331
17Nib0.0010.006-0.223-0.215
18Nia0.0010.006-0.282-0.275
19Nia0.0010.006-0.282-0.275
20Nia0.0010.006-0.282-0.275
21Nia0.0000.004-0.242-0.237
22Nia0.0000.004-0.242-0.237
23Nia0.0000.004-0.242-0.237
24Nib0.0010.006-0.338-0.331
25Nib0.0010.006-0.338-0.331
26Nib0.0010.006-0.338-0.331
27Nib0.0010.006-0.338-0.331
28Nib0.0010.006-0.338-0.331
29Nib0.0010.006-0.223-0.215
30Nib0.0010.006-0.223-0.215
31Nib0.0010.006-0.223-0.215
32Nib0.0010.006-0.223-0.215
33Nib-0.0000.001-0.109-0.108
34Nib-0.0000.001-0.109-0.108
35Nib-0.0000.001-0.109-0.108
36Nib-0.0000.001-0.109-0.108
37Nib-0.0000.001-0.109-0.108
38Nib-0.0000.001-0.109-0.108
39Nib-0.0000.001-0.109-0.108
40Nib-0.0000.001-0.109-0.108
41Nib0.0010.006-0.223-0.215
42Nib0.0010.006-0.223-0.215
43Nib0.0010.006-0.223-0.215
44Nib0.0010.006-0.223-0.215
45Nia0.0010.003-0.180-0.176
46Nia0.0010.003-0.180-0.176
47Nia0.0010.003-0.180-0.176
48Nia-0.0000.006-0.287-0.281
49Nib-0.0000.001-0.109-0.108
50Nia-0.0000.006-0.287-0.281
51Nia-0.0000.006-0.287-0.281

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni-Zn

Energy above hull 0.068 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 3*0.6 39*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 = 9*5.0 3*0.6 39*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29661 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1097 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
ZnPAW_PBE Zn 06Sep200012.000276.727
NiPAW_PBE Ni_pv 06Sep200016.000367.945