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YCo18

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.478T
Magnetization density0.127μB Å−3
Total spin moment28.958μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.088eV atom−1
Cell volume228.340Å3
Number of atoms19atoms
Chemical system Y-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo18Y
a, b, c6.391, 6.391, 6.393 Å
α, β, γ71.611, 71.616, 71.663°
Cell volume228.340 Å3
Volume per atom12.018 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupR32 (No. 155)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group32
Hall symbolR 3 2"
Pearson symbolhR19

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y1b132
Co1Co3d3.2
Co2Co6f61
Co3Co6f61
Co4Co2c23.
Co5Co1a132

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment28.958 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.524 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.127 μB Å−3
μ0M1.478 T
PAW-sphere total29.498 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.540 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.247 μB
Transition-metal sublattice29.745 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y1-0.247-0.247-0.247 to -0.247
Co1829.7451.6521.592 to 1.811

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yb-0.011-0.042-0.194-0.247
2Cod-0.003-0.0451.8511.803
3Cof-0.006-0.0481.6931.639
4Cof-0.011-0.0541.6571.592
5Coc-0.010-0.0451.6691.613
6Coc-0.010-0.0451.6651.610
7Cof-0.011-0.0541.6581.593
8Cod-0.003-0.0451.8571.809
9Cof-0.011-0.0541.6571.592
10Cof-0.006-0.0481.6921.638
11Cof-0.006-0.0481.6921.638
12Cod-0.003-0.0451.8591.811
13Coa-0.011-0.0421.7681.715
14Cof-0.011-0.0541.6581.592
15Cof-0.011-0.0541.6571.592
16Cof-0.006-0.0481.6921.638
17Cof-0.011-0.0541.6571.592
18Cof-0.006-0.0481.6921.638
19Cof-0.006-0.0481.6941.640

Convex Hull: Y-Co

Energy above hull 0.088 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 MAGMOM1*0.6 18*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 = 4
LORBIT = 11
LREAL = Auto
LWAVE = False
MAGMOM = 1*0.6 18*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05
SYMPREC = 0.0001

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeMonkhorst
Mesh4 × 4 × 4
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.26673 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1365 / number of atoms
0
Monkhorst
4 4 4

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
YPAW_PBE Y_sv 06Sep200011.000211.641
CoPAW_PBE Co 02Aug20079.000267.968