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Sm3Ni14Mn

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.174T
Magnetization density0.015μB Å−3
Total spin moment-11.261μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.082eV atom−1
Cell volume754.190Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni-Mn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaMn3Ni42Sm9
a, b, c4.943, 4.943, 35.644 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume754.190 Å3
Volume per atom13.966 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
Mn1Mn3a33m
Ni1Ni3a33m
Ni2Ni9b9.m
Ni3Ni9b9.m
Ni4Ni9b9.m
Ni5Ni3a33m
Ni6Ni3a33m
Ni7Ni3a33m
Ni8Ni3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment-11.261 μB cell−1
Moment per atom-0.209 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.015 μB Å−3
μ0M0.174 T
PAW-sphere total-11.298 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.037 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.108 μB
Transition-metal sublattice-11.406 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm90.1080.012-0.002 to 0.029
Mn3-9.816-3.272-3.272 to -3.272
Ni42-1.590-0.038-0.391 to 0.307

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma0.006-0.0040.0280.029
2Sma-0.0010.0020.0090.009
3Sma-0.0010.0020.0090.009
4Sma0.006-0.0040.0280.029
5Sma0.006-0.0040.0280.029
6Sma-0.001-0.000-0.001-0.002
7Sma-0.001-0.000-0.001-0.002
8Sma-0.001-0.000-0.001-0.002
9Sma-0.0010.0020.0090.009
10Mna-0.035-0.029-3.208-3.272
11Mna-0.035-0.029-3.208-3.272
12Mna-0.035-0.029-3.208-3.272
13Nia0.006-0.0020.0530.058
14Nia0.006-0.0020.0530.058
15Nib0.0020.006-0.271-0.263
16Nia0.006-0.0020.0530.058
17Nib0.001-0.0020.3090.307
18Nib0.0020.006-0.271-0.263
19Nib0.0020.006-0.271-0.263
20Nib0.0020.006-0.271-0.263
21Nib0.0020.006-0.271-0.263
22Nib0.0020.006-0.271-0.263
23Nib0.0020.006-0.271-0.263
24Nib0.0020.006-0.271-0.263
25Nib0.0020.006-0.271-0.263
26Nib0.001-0.0020.3090.307
27Nib0.001-0.0020.3090.307
28Nib0.001-0.0020.3090.307
29Nib0.001-0.0020.3090.307
30Nib0.001-0.0020.3090.307
31Nib0.001-0.0020.3090.307
32Nib0.001-0.0020.3090.307
33Nib0.0030.006-0.215-0.206
34Nib0.0030.006-0.215-0.206
35Nib0.0030.006-0.215-0.206
36Nib0.0030.006-0.215-0.206
37Nib0.0030.006-0.215-0.206
38Nib0.0030.006-0.215-0.206
39Nib0.0030.006-0.215-0.206
40Nib0.0030.006-0.215-0.206
41Nib0.001-0.0020.3090.307
42Nia0.001-0.0020.1680.167
43Nia0.001-0.0020.1680.167
44Nia0.001-0.0020.1680.167
45Nia0.0020.016-0.410-0.391
46Nia0.0020.016-0.410-0.391
47Nia0.0020.016-0.410-0.391
48Nia0.002-0.002-0.125-0.125
49Nia0.002-0.002-0.125-0.125
50Nia0.001-0.0040.2500.247
51Nib0.0030.006-0.215-0.206
52Nia0.001-0.0040.2500.247
53Nia0.001-0.0040.2500.247
54Nia0.002-0.002-0.125-0.125

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 MAGMOM54*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 = 54*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 spacing0.29356 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1169 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

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