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YFe3

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.048T
Magnetization density0.090μB Å−3
Total spin moment49.179μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance-0.001eV atom−1
Cell volume546.910Å3
Number of atoms36atoms
Chemical system Y-Fe Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaFe27Y9
a, b, c5.107, 5.107, 24.210 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume546.910 Å3
Volume per atom15.192 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z9

Final Symmetry

Space groupR-3m (No. 166)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group-3m
Hall symbol-R 3 2"
Pearson symbolhR12

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y6c63m
Y2Y3b3-3m
Fe1Fe18h18.m
Fe2Fe6c63m
Fe3Fe3a3-3m

Prototype Relationship

Parent space groupR-3m (No. 166)
AFLOW ANRL labelA3B_hR12_166_ach_bc-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment49.179 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.366 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.090 μB Å−3
μ0M1.048 T
PAW-sphere total51.777 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-2.598 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-3.267 μB
Transition-metal sublattice55.044 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y9-3.267-0.363-0.394 to -0.301
Fe2755.0442.0391.812 to 2.214

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yc-0.029-0.080-0.285-0.394
2Yc-0.029-0.080-0.285-0.394
3Yc-0.029-0.080-0.285-0.394
4Yc-0.029-0.080-0.285-0.394
5Yb-0.023-0.070-0.208-0.301
6Yb-0.023-0.070-0.208-0.301
7Yb-0.023-0.070-0.208-0.301
8Yc-0.029-0.080-0.285-0.394
9Yc-0.029-0.080-0.285-0.394
10Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
11Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
12Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
13Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
14Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
15Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
16Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
17Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
18Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
19Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
20Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
21Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
22Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
23Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
24Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
25Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
26Fec0.006-0.0342.2422.214
27Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
28Feh0.004-0.0322.0462.018
29Fec0.006-0.0342.2422.214
30Fec0.006-0.0342.2422.214
31Fec0.006-0.0342.2422.214
32Fec0.006-0.0342.2422.214
33Fec0.006-0.0342.2422.214
34Fea0.003-0.0391.8481.812
35Fea0.003-0.0391.8481.812
36Fea0.003-0.0391.8481.812

Convex Hull: Y-Fe

Energy above hull -0.001 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 MAGMOM9*0.6 27*5.0
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 = 9*0.6 27*5.0
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 spacing0.28411 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1012 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
YPAW_PBE Y_sv 06Sep200011.000211.641
FePAW_PBE Fe_pv 06Sep200014.000293.238