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YNi15

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.538T
Magnetization density0.046μB Å−3
Total spin moment-17.249μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.095eV atom−1
Cell volume373.180Å3
Number of atoms32atoms
Chemical system Y-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi30Y2
a, b, c3.605, 3.605, 28.717 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume373.180 Å3
Volume per atom11.662 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z2

Final Symmetry

Space groupI4/mmm (No. 139)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-I 4 2
Pearson symboltI32

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y2a24/mmm
Ni1Ni8g82mm.
Ni2Ni4e44mm
Ni3Ni8g82mm.
Ni4Ni4e44mm
Ni5Ni4e44mm
Ni6Ni2b24/mmm

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment-17.249 μB cell−1
Moment per atom-0.539 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.046 μB Å−3
μ0M0.538 T
PAW-sphere total-18.222 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.973 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.116 μB
Transition-metal sublattice-18.338 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y20.1160.0580.058 to 0.058
Ni30-18.338-0.611-0.755 to -0.063

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya0.0030.0130.0430.058
2Ya0.0030.0130.0430.058
3Nig0.0010.012-0.760-0.747
4Nig0.0010.012-0.760-0.747
5Nig0.0010.012-0.760-0.747
6Nig0.0010.012-0.760-0.747
7Nig0.0010.012-0.760-0.747
8Nig0.0010.012-0.760-0.747
9Nig0.0010.012-0.760-0.747
10Nig0.0010.012-0.760-0.747
11Nie0.0020.010-0.682-0.671
12Nie0.0020.010-0.682-0.671
13Nie0.0020.010-0.682-0.671
14Nie0.0020.010-0.682-0.671
15Nig0.0010.008-0.463-0.454
16Nig0.0010.008-0.463-0.454
17Nig0.0010.008-0.463-0.454
18Nig0.0010.008-0.463-0.454
19Nie-0.0010.011-0.764-0.755
20Nie-0.0010.011-0.764-0.755
21Nig0.0010.008-0.463-0.454
22Nig0.0010.008-0.463-0.454
23Nig0.0010.008-0.463-0.454
24Nig0.0010.008-0.463-0.454
25Nie-0.0010.011-0.764-0.755
26Nie-0.0010.011-0.764-0.755
27Nie0.0010.013-0.739-0.725
28Nie0.0010.013-0.739-0.725
29Nie0.0010.013-0.739-0.725
30Nie0.0010.013-0.739-0.725
31Nib-0.0010.008-0.071-0.063
32Nib-0.0010.008-0.071-0.063

Convex Hull: Y-Ni

Energy above hull 0.095 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*0.6 30*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 = 2*0.6 30*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 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29049 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1294 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
6 6 1

PAW Potentials

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