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Sm3Ni14Zn

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.145T
Magnetization density0.012μB Å−3
Total spin moment-9.277μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.013eV atom−1
Cell volume750.590Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni-Zn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi42Sm9Zn3
a, b, c4.917, 4.917, 35.852 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume750.590 Å3
Volume per atom13.900 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
Zn1Zn3a33m
Ni1Ni9b9.m
Ni2Ni9b9.m
Ni3Ni9b9.m
Ni4Ni3a33m
Ni5Ni3a33m
Ni6Ni3a33m
Ni7Ni3a33m
Ni8Ni3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment-9.277 μB cell−1
Moment per atom-0.172 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.012 μB Å−3
μ0M0.145 T
PAW-sphere total-9.588 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.311 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.375 μB
Transition-metal sublattice-9.963 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm90.3750.0420.036 to 0.048
Zn30.0150.0050.005 to 0.005
Ni42-9.978-0.238-0.378 to -0.145

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma0.0010.0050.0430.048
2Sma0.0010.0040.0350.041
3Sma0.0010.0040.0350.041
4Sma0.0010.0050.0430.048
5Sma0.0010.0050.0430.048
6Sma0.0020.0030.0310.036
7Sma0.0020.0030.0310.036
8Sma0.0020.0030.0310.036
9Sma0.0010.0040.0350.041
10Zna-0.0030.0060.0020.005
11Zna-0.0030.0060.0020.005
12Zna-0.0030.0060.0020.005
13Nib0.0000.006-0.385-0.378
14Nib0.0000.006-0.385-0.378
15Nib0.0000.006-0.385-0.378
16Nib0.0000.006-0.385-0.378
17Nib0.0010.004-0.192-0.188
18Nib0.0010.004-0.192-0.188
19Nib0.0010.004-0.192-0.188
20Nib0.0010.004-0.192-0.188
21Nib0.0010.004-0.192-0.188
22Nib0.0010.004-0.192-0.188
23Nib0.0010.004-0.192-0.188
24Nib0.0000.006-0.385-0.378
25Nib0.0000.006-0.385-0.378
26Nib0.0000.006-0.385-0.378
27Nib0.0000.006-0.385-0.378
28Nib0.0000.006-0.385-0.378
29Nib0.0010.004-0.192-0.188
30Nib0.0010.004-0.192-0.188
31Nib0.0000.004-0.156-0.152
32Nib0.0000.004-0.156-0.152
33Nia-0.0000.006-0.271-0.266
34Nia-0.0000.006-0.271-0.266
35Nia-0.0010.006-0.254-0.249
36Nia-0.0010.006-0.254-0.249
37Nia-0.0010.006-0.254-0.249
38Nib0.0000.004-0.156-0.152
39Nib0.0000.004-0.156-0.152
40Nib0.0000.004-0.156-0.152
41Nib0.0000.004-0.156-0.152
42Nib0.0000.004-0.156-0.152
43Nib0.0000.004-0.156-0.152
44Nib0.0000.004-0.156-0.152
45Nia0.0010.004-0.149-0.145
46Nia0.0010.004-0.149-0.145
47Nia0.0010.004-0.149-0.145
48Nia-0.0000.005-0.251-0.246
49Nia-0.0000.005-0.251-0.246
50Nia-0.0000.005-0.251-0.246
51Nia-0.0010.005-0.270-0.266
52Nia-0.0010.005-0.270-0.266
53Nia-0.0000.006-0.271-0.266
54Nia-0.0010.005-0.270-0.266

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni-Zn

Energy above hull 0.013 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 spacing0.29512 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1129 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
ZnPAW_PBE Zn 06Sep200012.000276.727
NiPAW_PBE Ni_pv 06Sep200016.000367.945