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Sm4Co15

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.802T
Magnetization density0.069μB Å−3
Total spin moment60.415μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.062eV atom−1
Cell volume877.590Å3
Number of atoms57atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo45Sm12
a, b, c4.971, 4.971, 41.013 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume877.590 Å3
Volume per atom15.396 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

Final Symmetry

Space groupR-3m (No. 166)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group-3m
Hall symbol-R 3 2"
Pearson symbolhR19

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm6c63m
Sm2Sm6c63m
Co1Co6c63m
Co2Co18h18.m
Co3Co9e9.2/m
Co4Co6c63m
Co5Co6c63m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment60.415 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.060 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.069 μB Å−3
μ0M0.802 T
PAW-sphere total63.615 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-3.200 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-2.778 μB
Transition-metal sublattice66.393 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm12-2.778-0.232-0.242 to -0.221
Co4566.3931.4751.268 to 1.538

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smc-0.013-0.019-0.190-0.221
2Smc-0.013-0.019-0.190-0.221
3Smc-0.013-0.019-0.190-0.221
4Smc-0.013-0.019-0.190-0.221
5Smc-0.013-0.019-0.190-0.221
6Smc-0.013-0.022-0.207-0.242
7Smc-0.013-0.022-0.207-0.242
8Smc-0.013-0.022-0.207-0.242
9Smc-0.013-0.022-0.207-0.242
10Smc-0.013-0.022-0.207-0.242
11Smc-0.013-0.022-0.207-0.242
12Smc-0.013-0.019-0.190-0.221
13Coc0.000-0.0341.3011.268
14Coc0.000-0.0341.3011.268
15Coc0.000-0.0341.3011.268
16Coc0.000-0.0341.3011.268
17Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
18Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
19Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
20Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
21Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
22Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
23Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
24Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
25Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
26Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
27Coc0.000-0.0341.3011.268
28Coc0.000-0.0341.3011.268
29Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
30Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
31Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
32Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
33Coe-0.005-0.0361.5641.523
34Coe-0.005-0.0361.5641.523
35Coe-0.005-0.0361.5641.523
36Coe-0.005-0.0361.5641.523
37Coe-0.005-0.0361.5641.523
38Coe-0.005-0.0361.5641.523
39Coe-0.005-0.0361.5641.523
40Coe-0.005-0.0361.5641.523
41Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
42Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
43Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
44Coh-0.003-0.0341.5191.481
45Coc0.007-0.0391.5641.532
46Coc0.007-0.0391.5641.532
47Coc0.007-0.0391.5641.532
48Coc0.002-0.0411.5771.538
49Coc0.002-0.0411.5771.538
50Coc0.002-0.0411.5771.538
51Coc0.002-0.0411.5771.538
52Coc0.002-0.0411.5771.538
53Coc0.002-0.0411.5771.538
54Coc0.007-0.0391.5641.532
55Coc0.007-0.0391.5641.532
56Coc0.007-0.0391.5641.532
57Coe-0.005-0.0361.5641.523

Convex Hull: Sm-Co

Energy above hull 0.062 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 MAGMOM12*5.0 45*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 = 12*5.0 45*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29192 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1012 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

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