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Sm3Ni13

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.209T
Magnetization density0.018μB Å−3
Total spin moment-4.033μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.082eV atom−1
Cell volume224.740Å3
Number of atoms16atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi13Sm3
a, b, c4.954, 4.954, 10.573 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume224.740 Å3
Volume per atom14.046 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP6/mmm (No. 191)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group6/mmm
Hall symbol-P 6 2
Pearson symbolhP16

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm2e26mm
Sm2Sm1a16/mmm
Ni1Ni6i62mm
Ni2Ni4h43m.
Ni3Ni3g3mmm

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment-4.033 μB cell−1
Moment per atom-0.252 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.018 μB Å−3
μ0M0.209 T
PAW-sphere total-4.328 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.295 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.149 μB
Transition-metal sublattice-4.477 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm30.1490.0500.049 to 0.051
Ni13-4.477-0.344-0.389 to -0.319

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sme-0.0010.0060.0440.049
2Sma-0.0000.0040.0470.051
3Sme-0.0010.0060.0440.049
4Nii-0.0000.004-0.323-0.319
5Nii-0.0000.004-0.323-0.319
6Nii-0.0000.004-0.323-0.319
7Nii-0.0000.004-0.323-0.319
8Nii-0.0000.004-0.323-0.319
9Nih-0.0010.006-0.354-0.349
10Nih-0.0010.006-0.354-0.349
11Nii-0.0000.004-0.323-0.319
12Nih-0.0010.006-0.354-0.349
13Nig0.0000.006-0.396-0.389
14Nig0.0000.006-0.396-0.389
15Nih-0.0010.006-0.354-0.349
16Nig0.0000.006-0.396-0.389

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni

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 MAGMOM16*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 = 16*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 spacing0.29712 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1107 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 2

PAW Potentials

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