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YFe3

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.133T
Magnetization density0.097μB Å−3
Total spin moment53.272μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.056eV atom−1
Cell volume548.210Å3
Number of atoms36atoms
Chemical system Y-Fe Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaFe27Y9
a, b, c5.053, 5.053, 24.797 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume548.210 Å3
Volume per atom15.228 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z9

Final Symmetry

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

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y3a33m
Y2Y3a33m
Y3Y3a33m
Fe1Fe9b9.m
Fe2Fe3a33m
Fe3Fe9b9.m
Fe4Fe3a33m
Fe5Fe3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment53.272 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.480 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.097 μB Å−3
μ0M1.133 T
PAW-sphere total55.902 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-2.630 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-3.462 μB
Transition-metal sublattice59.364 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y9-3.462-0.385-0.433 to -0.350
Fe2759.3642.1992.032 to 2.928

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya-0.033-0.076-0.262-0.371
2Ya-0.033-0.077-0.241-0.350
3Ya-0.033-0.077-0.241-0.350
4Ya-0.033-0.077-0.241-0.350
5Ya-0.033-0.082-0.318-0.433
6Ya-0.033-0.082-0.318-0.433
7Ya-0.033-0.082-0.318-0.433
8Ya-0.033-0.076-0.262-0.371
9Ya-0.033-0.076-0.262-0.371
10Feb0.004-0.0372.1152.083
11Feb0.004-0.0372.1152.083
12Feb0.004-0.0372.1152.083
13Feb0.004-0.0372.1152.083
14Fea0.007-0.0392.0642.032
15Fea0.007-0.0392.0642.032
16Fea0.007-0.0392.0642.032
17Feb0.005-0.0322.1712.144
18Feb0.005-0.0322.1712.144
19Feb0.005-0.0322.1712.144
20Feb0.005-0.0322.1712.144
21Feb0.004-0.0372.1152.083
22Feb0.004-0.0372.1152.083
23Feb0.004-0.0372.1152.083
24Feb0.004-0.0372.1152.083
25Feb0.004-0.0372.1152.083
26Feb0.005-0.0322.1712.144
27Feb0.005-0.0322.1712.144
28Feb0.005-0.0322.1712.144
29Feb0.005-0.0322.1712.144
30Fea0.023-0.0382.9432.928
31Feb0.005-0.0322.1712.144
32Fea0.023-0.0382.9432.928
33Fea0.023-0.0382.9432.928
34Fea0.003-0.0302.1742.147
35Fea0.003-0.0302.1742.147
36Fea0.003-0.0302.1742.147

Convex Hull: Y-Fe

Energy above hull 0.056 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 spacing0.28719 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1037 / 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