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YCo5

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.038T
Magnetization density0.089μB Å−3
Total spin moment43.290μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.063eV atom−1
Cell volume485.600Å3
Number of atoms36atoms
Chemical system Y-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo30Y6
a, b, c4.853, 4.853, 23.810 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume485.600 Å3
Volume per atom13.489 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z6

Final Symmetry

Space groupR3m (No. 160)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolR 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhR12

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y3a33m
Y2Y3a33m
Co1Co9b9.m
Co2Co3a33m
Co3Co9b9.m
Co4Co3a33m
Co5Co3a33m
Co6Co3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment43.290 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.202 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.089 μB Å−3
μ0M1.038 T
PAW-sphere total44.553 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-1.263 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-1.491 μB
Transition-metal sublattice46.044 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y6-1.491-0.249-0.268 to -0.229
Co3046.0441.5351.432 to 1.830

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya-0.012-0.043-0.174-0.229
2Ya-0.018-0.055-0.195-0.268
3Ya-0.018-0.055-0.195-0.268
4Ya-0.018-0.055-0.195-0.268
5Ya-0.012-0.043-0.174-0.229
6Ya-0.012-0.043-0.174-0.229
7Cob-0.006-0.0401.4781.432
8Cob-0.006-0.0401.4781.432
9Cob-0.006-0.0401.4781.432
10Cob-0.006-0.0401.4781.432
11Cob-0.006-0.0401.4781.432
12Cob-0.006-0.0401.4781.432
13Cob-0.006-0.0401.4781.432
14Cob-0.006-0.0401.4781.432
15Cob-0.006-0.0401.4781.432
16Coa0.001-0.0391.5241.486
17Cob-0.004-0.0381.6141.572
18Cob-0.004-0.0381.6141.572
19Cob-0.004-0.0381.6141.572
20Cob-0.004-0.0381.6141.572
21Coa0.001-0.0391.5241.486
22Coa0.001-0.0391.5241.486
23Cob-0.004-0.0381.6141.572
24Cob-0.004-0.0381.6141.572
25Cob-0.004-0.0381.6141.572
26Coa0.011-0.0381.8571.830
27Coa0.011-0.0381.8571.830
28Coa0.011-0.0381.8571.830
29Cob-0.004-0.0381.6141.572
30Cob-0.004-0.0381.6141.572
31Coa0.007-0.0481.5851.544
32Coa0.007-0.0481.5851.544
33Coa-0.004-0.0421.5221.476
34Coa0.007-0.0481.5851.544
35Coa-0.004-0.0421.5221.476
36Coa-0.004-0.0421.5221.476

Convex Hull: Y-Co

Energy above hull 0.063 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 MAGMOM6*0.6 30*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 = 6*0.6 30*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 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29901 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1224 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

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