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YFe8

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density1.365T
Magnetization density0.117μB Å−3
Total spin moment14.118μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.079eV atom−1
Cell volume120.560Å3
Number of atoms9atoms
Chemical system Y-Fe Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaFe8Y
a, b, c3.978, 3.978, 7.617 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume120.560 Å3
Volume per atom13.396 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP4/mmm (No. 123)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-P 4 2
Pearson symboltP9

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y1c14/mmm
Fe1Fe4i42mm.
Fe2Fe1b14/mmm
Fe3Fe1d14/mmm
Fe4Fe2g24mm

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment14.118 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.569 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.117 μB Å−3
μ0M1.365 T
PAW-sphere total14.268 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.150 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.116 μB
Transition-metal sublattice14.384 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y1-0.116-0.116-0.116 to -0.116
Fe814.3841.7980.309 to 2.448

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yc-0.012-0.023-0.081-0.116
2Fei0.005-0.0192.2652.251
3Fei0.005-0.0192.2652.251
4Fei0.005-0.0192.2652.251
5Fei0.005-0.0192.2652.251
6Feb0.002-0.0302.3422.314
7Fed-0.007-0.0382.4932.448
8Feg-0.014-0.0370.3590.309
9Feg-0.014-0.0370.3590.309

Convex Hull: Y-Fe

Energy above hull 0.079 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 8*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 = 1*0.6 8*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05
SYMPREC = 0.0001

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh6 × 6 × 3
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.27496 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1132 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
6 6 3

PAW Potentials

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