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YCo6

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.157T
Magnetization density0.099μB Å−3
Total spin moment36.290μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.076eV atom−1
Cell volume365.300Å3
Number of atoms28atoms
Chemical system Y-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo24Y4
a, b, c4.724, 8.791, 8.796 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume365.300 Å3
Volume per atom13.046 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z4

Final Symmetry

Space groupI4/mmm (No. 139)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-I 4 2
Pearson symboltI14

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y4a44/mmm
Co1Co8d8-4m2
Co2Co16h16m.2m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment36.290 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.296 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.099 μB Å−3
μ0M1.157 T
PAW-sphere total37.196 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.906 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.796 μB
Transition-metal sublattice37.992 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y4-0.796-0.199-0.199 to -0.199
Co2437.9921.5831.537 to 1.673

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya-0.014-0.031-0.154-0.199
2Ya-0.014-0.031-0.154-0.199
3Ya-0.014-0.031-0.154-0.199
4Ya-0.014-0.031-0.154-0.199
5Cod-0.007-0.0341.7131.673
6Cod-0.007-0.0341.7131.673
7Cod-0.007-0.0341.7131.673
8Cod-0.007-0.0341.7131.673
9Cod-0.007-0.0341.7131.673
10Cod-0.007-0.0341.7131.673
11Cod-0.007-0.0341.7131.673
12Cod-0.007-0.0341.7131.673
13Coh0.000-0.0431.5821.539
14Coh0.000-0.0431.5821.539
15Coh0.000-0.0431.5821.539
16Coh0.000-0.0431.5821.539
17Coh0.000-0.0431.5821.539
18Coh0.000-0.0431.5821.539
19Coh0.000-0.0431.5821.539
20Coh0.000-0.0431.5821.539
21Coh0.000-0.0431.5801.537
22Coh0.000-0.0431.5801.537
23Coh0.000-0.0431.5801.537
24Coh0.000-0.0431.5801.537
25Coh0.000-0.0431.5801.537
26Coh0.000-0.0431.5801.537
27Coh0.000-0.0431.5801.537
28Coh0.000-0.0431.5801.537

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 24*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 24*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05
SYMPREC = 0.0001

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 2 × 2
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.35736 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1236 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 2 2

PAW Potentials

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