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Sm3Co14

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.925T
Magnetization density0.079μB Å−3
Total spin moment19.726μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.071eV atom−1
Cell volume248.370Å3
Number of atoms17atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo14Sm3
a, b, c4.962, 4.962, 11.648 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume248.370 Å3
Volume per atom14.610 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP-6m2 (No. 187)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group-6m2
Hall symbolP -6 2
Pearson symbolhP17

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm1e1-6m2
Sm2Sm2i23m.
Co1Co2h23m.
Co2Co6n6.m.
Co3Co2g23m.
Co4Co1a1-6m2
Co5Co3k3mm2

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment19.726 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.160 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.079 μB Å−3
μ0M0.925 T
PAW-sphere total20.624 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.898 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.750 μB
Transition-metal sublattice21.374 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm3-0.750-0.250-0.264 to -0.243
Co1421.3741.5271.413 to 1.548

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sme-0.014-0.026-0.223-0.264
2Smi-0.012-0.023-0.208-0.243
3Smi-0.012-0.023-0.208-0.243
4Coh0.003-0.0401.5481.511
5Con-0.002-0.0341.5841.548
6Con-0.002-0.0341.5841.548
7Coh0.003-0.0401.5481.511
8Con-0.002-0.0341.5841.548
9Con-0.002-0.0341.5841.548
10Con-0.002-0.0341.5841.548
11Con-0.002-0.0341.5841.548
12Cog0.001-0.0451.5811.538
13Coa-0.010-0.0501.4731.413
14Cok-0.004-0.0371.5661.525
15Cog0.001-0.0451.5811.538
16Cok-0.004-0.0371.5661.525
17Cok-0.004-0.0371.5661.525

Convex Hull: Sm-Co

Energy above hull 0.071 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 MAGMOM3*5.0 14*2.0
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 = 3*5.0 14*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 2
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29244 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1088 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 2

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
CoPAW_PBE Co 06Sep20009.000267.969