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YCo5

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.986T
Magnetization density0.085μB Å−3
Total spin moment6.995μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.021eV atom−1
Cell volume82.650Å3
Number of atoms6atoms
Chemical system Y-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo5Y
a, b, c4.931, 4.931, 3.926 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume82.650 Å3
Volume per atom13.775 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP6/mmm (No. 191)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group6/mmm
Hall symbol-P 6 2
Pearson symbolhP6

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y1b16/mmm
Co1Co3f3mmm
Co2Co2d2-6m2

Prototype Relationship

Parent prototypeCaCu5-type (AB5)
Parent space groupP6/mmm (No. 191)
AFLOW ANRL labelAB5_hP6_191_a_cg-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment6.995 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.166 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.085 μB Å−3
μ0M0.986 T
PAW-sphere total7.295 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.300 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.273 μB
Transition-metal sublattice7.568 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y1-0.273-0.273-0.273 to -0.273
Co57.5681.5141.492 to 1.528

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yb-0.013-0.050-0.210-0.273
2Cof-0.005-0.0401.5731.528
3Cof-0.005-0.0401.5731.528
4Cof-0.005-0.0401.5731.528
5Cod0.002-0.0471.5371.492
6Cod0.002-0.0471.5371.492

Convex Hull: Y-Co

Energy above hull 0.021 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 5*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 5*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05
SYMPREC = 0.0001

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 6
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29430 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1190 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 6

PAW Potentials

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