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Sm2Ni11

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.200T
Magnetization density0.017μB Å−3
Total spin moment5.943μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.091eV atom−1
Cell volume345.260Å3
Number of atoms26atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi22Sm4
a, b, c8.479, 4.902, 8.307 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 89.976, 90.000°
Cell volume345.260 Å3
Volume per atom13.279 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z2

Final Symmetry

Space groupP6/mmm (No. 191)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group6/mmm
Hall symbol-P 6 2
Pearson symbolhP13

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm4e46mm
Ni1Ni8h83m.
Ni2Ni2b26/mmm
Ni3Ni2f2mmm
Ni4Ni4f4mmm
Ni5Ni4g4mmm
Ni6Ni2g2mmm

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment5.943 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.229 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.017 μB Å−3
μ0M0.200 T
PAW-sphere total6.558 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.615 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.220 μB
Transition-metal sublattice6.778 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm4-0.220-0.055-0.055 to -0.055
Ni226.7780.3080.134 to 0.449

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sme-0.003-0.006-0.047-0.055
2Sme-0.003-0.006-0.047-0.055
3Sme-0.003-0.006-0.047-0.055
4Sme-0.003-0.006-0.047-0.055
5Nih-0.001-0.0070.2710.263
6Nih-0.001-0.0070.2710.263
7Nib-0.004-0.0080.1460.134
8Nib-0.004-0.0080.1460.134
9Nif-0.002-0.0080.2930.284
10Nif-0.002-0.0080.2930.284
11Nih-0.001-0.0070.2710.263
12Nih-0.001-0.0070.2710.263
13Nif-0.001-0.0080.2970.289
14Nif-0.001-0.0080.2970.289
15Nif-0.001-0.0080.2970.289
16Nif-0.001-0.0080.2970.289
17Nig-0.000-0.0070.4540.446
18Nig-0.000-0.0070.4540.446
19Nig-0.000-0.0070.4560.449
20Nig-0.000-0.0070.4560.449
21Nih-0.001-0.0070.2710.263
22Nih-0.001-0.0070.2710.263
23Nih-0.001-0.0070.2710.263
24Nih-0.001-0.0070.2710.263
25Nig-0.000-0.0070.4540.446
26Nig-0.000-0.0070.4540.446

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni

Energy above hull 0.091 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 MAGMOM26*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 = 26*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh2 × 5 × 3
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.37052 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1189 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
2 5 3

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
NiPAW_PBE Ni_pv 06Sep200016.000367.945