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YNi16

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.512T
Magnetization density0.044μB Å−3
Total spin moment8.833μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.065eV atom−1
Cell volume201.350Å3
Number of atoms17atoms
Chemical system Y-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi16Y
a, b, c3.576, 3.576, 15.749 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume201.350 Å3
Volume per atom11.844 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP4/mmm (No. 123)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-P 4 2
Pearson symboltP17

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y1c14/mmm
Ni1Ni4i42mm.
Ni2Ni4i42mm.
Ni3Ni2g24mm
Ni4Ni2g24mm
Ni5Ni1b14/mmm
Ni6Ni1d14/mmm
Ni7Ni2h24mm

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment8.833 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.520 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.044 μB Å−3
μ0M0.512 T
PAW-sphere total9.389 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.556 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.070 μB
Transition-metal sublattice9.459 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y1-0.070-0.070-0.070 to -0.070
Ni169.4590.5910.218 to 0.700

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yc-0.004-0.013-0.054-0.070
2Nii-0.001-0.0100.5530.542
3Nii-0.001-0.0100.5530.542
4Nii-0.001-0.0100.5530.542
5Nii-0.001-0.0100.5530.542
6Nii-0.002-0.0130.7090.695
7Nii-0.002-0.0130.7090.695
8Nii-0.002-0.0130.7090.695
9Nii-0.002-0.0130.7090.695
10Nig-0.002-0.0110.6780.665
11Nig-0.002-0.0110.2310.218
12Nig-0.002-0.0110.2310.218
13Nib-0.002-0.0130.7150.700
14Nid-0.003-0.0130.6710.655
15Nig-0.002-0.0110.6780.665
16Nih-0.001-0.0120.7090.695
17Nih-0.001-0.0120.7090.695

Convex Hull: Y-Ni

Energy above hull 0.065 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 16*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 16*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 spacing0.39895 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1318 / 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