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YNi12

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.437T
Magnetization density0.037μB Å−3
Total spin moment5.952μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.092eV atom−1
Cell volume158.700Å3
Number of atoms13atoms
Chemical system Y-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi12Y
a, b, c4.746, 4.746, 8.135 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume158.700 Å3
Volume per atom12.208 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP6/mmm (No. 191)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group6/mmm
Hall symbol-P 6 2
Pearson symbolhP13

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y1b16/mmm
Ni1Ni6i62mm
Ni2Ni2d2-6m2
Ni3Ni2e26mm
Ni4Ni2c2-6m2

Prototype Relationship

Parent space groupP6/mmm (No. 191)
AFLOW ANRL labelA12B_hP13_191_cdei_a-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment5.952 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.458 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.037 μB Å−3
μ0M0.437 T
PAW-sphere total6.323 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.371 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.075 μB
Transition-metal sublattice6.398 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y1-0.075-0.075-0.075 to -0.075
Ni126.3980.5330.289 to 0.685

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yb-0.004-0.015-0.055-0.075
2Nii0.001-0.0100.5720.563
3Nii0.001-0.0100.5720.563
4Nii0.001-0.0100.5720.563
5Nii0.001-0.0100.5720.563
6Nii0.001-0.0100.5720.563
7Nii0.001-0.0100.5720.563
8Nid-0.000-0.0120.3000.289
9Nid-0.000-0.0120.3000.289
10Nie-0.000-0.0090.6940.685
11Nic0.000-0.0080.5430.536
12Nic0.000-0.0080.5430.536
13Nie-0.000-0.0090.6940.685

Convex Hull: Y-Ni

Energy above hull 0.092 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 12*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 12*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 × 3
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.30574 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1244 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 3

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
YPAW_PBE Y_sv 06Sep200011.000211.641
NiPAW_PBE Ni_pv 06Sep200016.000367.945