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YCo4

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.881T
Magnetization density0.076μB Å−3
Total spin moment22.350μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.076eV atom−1
Cell volume295.730Å3
Number of atoms20atoms
Chemical system Y-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo16Y4
a, b, c3.925, 3.925, 19.200 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume295.730 Å3
Volume per atom14.787 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z4

Final Symmetry

Space groupI4/mmm (No. 139)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-I 4 2
Pearson symboltI20

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y4e44mm
Co1Co4d4-4m2
Co2Co4e44mm
Co3Co4e44mm
Co4Co4c4mmm.

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment22.350 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.118 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.076 μB Å−3
μ0M0.881 T
PAW-sphere total23.232 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.882 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.804 μB
Transition-metal sublattice24.036 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y4-0.804-0.201-0.201 to -0.201
Co1624.0361.5021.386 to 1.587

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ye-0.009-0.040-0.152-0.201
2Ye-0.009-0.040-0.152-0.201
3Ye-0.009-0.040-0.152-0.201
4Ye-0.009-0.040-0.152-0.201
5Cod-0.008-0.0371.6321.587
6Cod-0.008-0.0371.6321.587
7Cod-0.008-0.0371.6321.587
8Cod-0.008-0.0371.6321.587
9Coe-0.001-0.0521.5871.534
10Coe-0.001-0.0521.5871.534
11Coe-0.001-0.0521.5871.534
12Coe-0.001-0.0521.5871.534
13Coe-0.005-0.0401.4311.386
14Coe-0.005-0.0401.4311.386
15Coe-0.005-0.0401.4311.386
16Coe-0.005-0.0401.4311.386
17Coc-0.005-0.0441.5511.502
18Coc-0.005-0.0441.5511.502
19Coc-0.005-0.0441.5511.502
20Coc-0.005-0.0441.5511.502

Convex Hull: Y-Co

Energy above hull 0.076 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 MAGMOM4*0.6 16*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 = 4*0.6 16*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 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.32724 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1092 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
6 6 1

PAW Potentials

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