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YCo4

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.867T
Magnetization density0.074μB Å−3
Total spin moment5.507μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.098eV atom−1
Cell volume74.050Å3
Number of atoms5atoms
Chemical system Y-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo4Y
a, b, c3.908, 3.908, 4.850 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume74.050 Å3
Volume per atom14.810 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP4/mmm (No. 123)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-P 4 2
Pearson symboltP5

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y1a14/mmm
Co1Co2h24mm
Co2Co2e2mmm.

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment5.507 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.101 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.074 μB Å−3
μ0M0.867 T
PAW-sphere total5.728 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.221 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.202 μB
Transition-metal sublattice5.930 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y1-0.202-0.202-0.202 to -0.202
Co45.9301.4821.423 to 1.542

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya-0.009-0.040-0.153-0.202
2Coh-0.003-0.0371.4631.423
3Coh-0.003-0.0371.4631.423
4Coe-0.005-0.0431.5891.542
5Coe-0.005-0.0431.5891.542

Convex Hull: Y-Co

Energy above hull 0.098 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 4*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 4*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05
SYMPREC = 0.0001

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh6 × 6 × 5
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.26800 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1098 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
6 6 5

PAW Potentials

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