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Sm3Ni14Cu

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.001T
Magnetization density0.000μB Å−3
Total spin moment0.042μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.062eV atom−1
Cell volume741.220Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni-Cu Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCu3Ni42Sm9
a, b, c4.902, 4.902, 35.620 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume741.220 Å3
Volume per atom13.726 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
Cu1Cu3a33m
Ni1Ni9b9.m
Ni2Ni9b9.m
Ni3Ni3a33m
Ni4Ni9b9.m
Ni5Ni3a33m
Ni6Ni3a33m
Ni7Ni3a33m
Ni8Ni3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment0.042 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.001 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.000 μB Å−3
μ0M0.001 T
PAW-sphere total0.342 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.300 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.018 μB
Transition-metal sublattice0.360 μB
RE–TM alignmentOne_sublattice_near_zero

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm9-0.018-0.002-0.003 to -0.001
Cu30.0000.0000.000 to 0.000
Ni420.3600.009-0.003 to 0.034

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma-0.000-0.000-0.000-0.001
2Sma-0.000-0.000-0.002-0.002
3Sma-0.000-0.000-0.002-0.002
4Sma-0.000-0.000-0.000-0.001
5Sma-0.000-0.000-0.000-0.001
6Sma-0.000-0.000-0.002-0.003
7Sma-0.000-0.000-0.002-0.003
8Sma-0.000-0.000-0.002-0.003
9Sma-0.000-0.000-0.002-0.002
10Cua-0.000-0.0000.0010.000
11Cua-0.000-0.0000.0010.000
12Cua-0.000-0.0000.0010.000
13Nib0.000-0.0000.0190.019
14Nib0.000-0.0000.0190.019
15Nib0.000-0.0000.0190.019
16Nib0.000-0.0000.0190.019
17Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
18Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
19Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
20Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
21Nia0.000-0.0000.0120.011
22Nia0.000-0.0000.0120.011
23Nia0.000-0.0000.0120.011
24Nib0.000-0.0000.0190.019
25Nib0.000-0.0000.0190.019
26Nib0.000-0.0000.0190.019
27Nib0.000-0.0000.0190.019
28Nib0.000-0.0000.0190.019
29Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
30Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
31Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
32Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
33Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
34Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
35Nia-0.000-0.000-0.003-0.003
36Nia-0.000-0.000-0.003-0.003
37Nia-0.000-0.000-0.003-0.003
38Nia0.000-0.0000.0020.001
39Nia0.000-0.0000.0020.001
40Nia0.000-0.0000.0020.001
41Nia0.000-0.0000.0350.034
42Nia0.000-0.0000.0350.034
43Nia0.000-0.0000.0350.034
44Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
45Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
46Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
47Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
48Nia-0.000-0.0000.0080.008
49Nia-0.000-0.0000.0080.008
50Nia-0.000-0.0000.0080.008
51Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
52Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
53Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002
54Nib-0.000-0.0000.0020.002

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni-Cu

Energy above hull 0.062 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 42*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 42*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 spacing0.29602 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1172 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
CuPAW_PBE Cu_pv 06Sep200017.000368.605
NiPAW_PBE Ni_pv 06Sep200016.000367.945