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SmCo4

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.890T
Magnetization density0.076μB Å−3
Total spin moment11.565μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.066eV atom−1
Cell volume151.430Å3
Number of atoms10atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo8Sm2
a, b, c3.968, 3.968, 9.617 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume151.430 Å3
Volume per atom15.143 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z2

Final Symmetry

Space groupI4/mmm (No. 139)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-I 4 2
Pearson symboltI10

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm2b24/mmm
Co1Co4d4-4m2
Co2Co4e44mm

Prototype Relationship

Parent space groupI4/mmm (No. 139)
AFLOW ANRL labelA4B_tI10_139_de_a-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment11.565 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.156 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.076 μB Å−3
μ0M0.890 T
PAW-sphere total12.030 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.465 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.378 μB
Transition-metal sublattice12.408 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm2-0.378-0.189-0.189 to -0.189
Co812.4081.5511.536 to 1.566

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smb-0.010-0.018-0.161-0.189
2Smb-0.010-0.018-0.161-0.189
3Cod-0.007-0.0401.6121.566
4Cod-0.007-0.0401.6121.566
5Cod-0.007-0.0401.6121.566
6Cod-0.007-0.0401.6121.566
7Coe-0.000-0.0491.5861.536
8Coe-0.000-0.0491.5861.536
9Coe-0.000-0.0491.5861.536
10Coe-0.000-0.0491.5861.536

Convex Hull: Sm-Co

Energy above hull 0.066 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 MAGMOM2*5.0 8*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 = 6
LORBIT = 11
LREAL = Auto
LWAVE = False
MAGMOM = 2*5.0 8*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeMonkhorst
Mesh6 × 6 × 2
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.32665 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1132 / number of atoms
0
Monkhorst
6 6 2

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
CoPAW_PBE Co 06Sep20009.000267.969