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Sm3Ni14Mn

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.149T
Magnetization density0.013μB Å−3
Total spin moment3.190μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.078eV atom−1
Cell volume249.120Å3
Number of atoms18atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni-Mn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaMnNi14Sm3
a, b, c4.931, 4.931, 11.829 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume249.120 Å3
Volume per atom13.840 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP3m1 (No. 156)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolP 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhP18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm1b13m.
Sm2Sm1b13m.
Sm3Sm1a13m.
Mn1Mn1b13m.
Ni1Ni3d3.m.
Ni2Ni3d3.m.
Ni3Ni1a13m.
Ni4Ni3d3.m.
Ni5Ni1c13m.
Ni6Ni1c13m.
Ni7Ni1a13m.
Ni8Ni1c13m.

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment3.190 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.177 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.013 μB Å−3
μ0M0.149 T
PAW-sphere total2.872 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.318 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.032 μB
Transition-metal sublattice2.840 μB
RE–TM alignmentOne_sublattice_near_zero

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm30.0320.011-0.023 to 0.036
Mn13.8833.8833.883 to 3.883
Ni14-1.043-0.074-0.295 to 0.272

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smb0.0020.0050.0290.036
2Smb-0.0010.0030.0160.019
3Sma-0.0050.003-0.021-0.023
4Mnb0.0410.0323.8103.883
5Nid-0.002-0.0020.0200.016
6Nid-0.002-0.0020.0200.016
7Nid-0.002-0.0020.0200.016
8Nid-0.0000.005-0.301-0.295
9Nia-0.0010.003-0.117-0.115
10Nid-0.0000.005-0.301-0.295
11Nid-0.0000.005-0.301-0.295
12Nid-0.004-0.0050.1430.134
13Nid-0.004-0.0050.1430.134
14Nic-0.0010.005-0.248-0.245
15Nid-0.004-0.0050.1430.134
16Nic-0.003-0.0050.2810.272
17Nia-0.0030.002-0.262-0.262
18Nic0.001-0.000-0.259-0.258

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni-Mn

Energy above hull 0.078 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 MAGMOM18*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 = 18*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 spacing0.29425 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1163 / 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