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Sm2Ni7

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.117T
Magnetization density0.010μB Å−3
Total spin moment-7.757μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.009eV atom−1
Cell volume778.070Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi42Sm12
a, b, c4.970, 4.970, 36.367 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume778.070 Å3
Volume per atom14.409 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z6

Final Symmetry

Space groupR-3m (No. 166)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group-3m
Hall symbol-R 3 2"
Pearson symbolhR18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm6c63m
Sm2Sm6c63m
Ni1Ni18h18.m
Ni2Ni9e9.2/m
Ni3Ni6c63m
Ni4Ni6c63m
Ni5Ni3b3-3m

Prototype Relationship

Parent space groupR-3m (No. 166)
AFLOW ANRL labelA7B2_hR18_166_a2cdh_2c-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment-7.757 μB cell−1
Moment per atom-0.144 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.010 μB Å−3
μ0M0.117 T
PAW-sphere total-8.577 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.820 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.408 μB
Transition-metal sublattice-8.985 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm120.4080.0340.028 to 0.040
Ni42-8.985-0.214-0.362 to -0.065

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smc0.0010.0030.0230.028
2Smc0.0010.0030.0230.028
3Smc0.0010.0030.0230.028
4Smc0.0010.0030.0230.028
5Smc-0.0000.0050.0360.040
6Smc-0.0000.0050.0360.040
7Smc0.0010.0030.0230.028
8Smc0.0010.0030.0230.028
9Smc-0.0000.0050.0360.040
10Smc-0.0000.0050.0360.040
11Smc-0.0000.0050.0360.040
12Smc-0.0000.0050.0360.040
13Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
14Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
15Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
16Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
17Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
18Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
19Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
20Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
21Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
22Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
23Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
24Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
25Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
26Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
27Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
28Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
29Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
30Nih0.0010.004-0.152-0.147
31Nie-0.0000.005-0.367-0.362
32Nie-0.0000.005-0.367-0.362
33Nic-0.0000.005-0.240-0.235
34Nic-0.0000.005-0.240-0.235
35Nic-0.0000.005-0.240-0.235
36Nic-0.0000.005-0.240-0.235
37Nic-0.0000.005-0.240-0.235
38Nie-0.0000.005-0.367-0.362
39Nie-0.0000.005-0.367-0.362
40Nie-0.0000.005-0.367-0.362
41Nie-0.0000.005-0.367-0.362
42Nie-0.0000.005-0.367-0.362
43Nie-0.0000.005-0.367-0.362
44Nie-0.0000.005-0.367-0.362
45Nic-0.0000.005-0.251-0.246
46Nic-0.0000.005-0.251-0.246
47Nic-0.0000.005-0.251-0.246
48Nic-0.0000.005-0.251-0.246
49Nic-0.0000.005-0.251-0.246
50Nic-0.0000.005-0.251-0.246
51Nib0.0010.004-0.070-0.065
52Nib0.0010.004-0.070-0.065
53Nic-0.0000.005-0.240-0.235
54Nib0.0010.004-0.070-0.065

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni

Energy above hull 0.009 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 spacing0.29194 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1068 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

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