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YNi17

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.523T
Magnetization density0.045μB Å−3
Total spin moment9.490μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.095eV atom−1
Cell volume211.440Å3
Number of atoms18atoms
Chemical system Y-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi17Y
a, b, c3.537, 3.537, 16.897 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 90.000°
Cell volume211.440 Å3
Volume per atom11.747 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP4mm (No. 99)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4mm
Hall symbolP 4 -2
Pearson symboltP18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y1b14mm
Ni1Ni2c22mm.
Ni2Ni2c22mm.
Ni3Ni1a14mm
Ni4Ni1b14mm
Ni5Ni2c22mm.
Ni6Ni1a14mm
Ni7Ni2c22mm.
Ni8Ni1b14mm
Ni9Ni1b14mm
Ni10Ni1b14mm
Ni11Ni1a14mm
Ni12Ni1a14mm
Ni13Ni1a14mm

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment9.490 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.527 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.045 μB Å−3
μ0M0.523 T
PAW-sphere total10.019 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.529 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.074 μB
Transition-metal sublattice10.093 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y1-0.074-0.074-0.074 to -0.074
Ni1710.0930.5940.026 to 0.716

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yb-0.002-0.014-0.057-0.074
2Nic-0.001-0.0090.6350.624
3Nic-0.001-0.0090.6350.624
4Nic-0.002-0.0120.7120.698
5Nic-0.002-0.0120.7120.698
6Nia0.001-0.0070.5010.495
7Nib-0.002-0.0110.6930.681
8Nic-0.001-0.0100.4840.473
9Nic-0.001-0.0100.4840.473
10Nia-0.002-0.0120.7030.690
11Nic-0.002-0.0120.7290.716
12Nic-0.002-0.0120.7290.716
13Nib-0.002-0.0110.7020.689
14Nib-0.001-0.0110.6790.668
15Nib-0.006-0.0120.4650.448
16Nia-0.002-0.0130.0410.026
17Nia-0.001-0.0100.6820.671
18Nia-0.001-0.0110.7150.703

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 MAGMOM1*0.6 17*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 17*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 spacing0.37186 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