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YNi3

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.000T
Magnetization density0.000μB Å−3
Total spin moment0.000μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.100eV atom−1
Cell volume191.470Å3
Number of atoms12atoms
Chemical system Y-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi9Y3
a, b, c4.040, 4.040, 13.545 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume191.470 Å3
Volume per atom15.956 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

Final Symmetry

Space groupR-3m (No. 166)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group-3m
Hall symbol-R 3 2"
Pearson symbolhR4

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y3a3-3m
Ni1Ni6c63m
Ni2Ni3b3-3m

Prototype Relationship

Parent space groupR-3m (No. 166)
AFLOW ANRL labelA3B_hR4_166_ac_b-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment0.000 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.000 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.000 μB Å−3
μ0M0.000 T
PAW-sphere total0.000 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.000 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.000 μB
Transition-metal sublattice0.000 μB
RE–TM alignmentOne_sublattice_near_zero

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y30.0000.000-0.000 to -0.000
Ni90.0000.0000.000 to 0.000

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya-0.000-0.0000.000-0.000
2Ya-0.000-0.0000.000-0.000
3Ya-0.000-0.0000.000-0.000
4Nic0.000-0.0000.0000.000
5Nic0.000-0.0000.0000.000
6Nic0.000-0.0000.0000.000
7Nic0.000-0.0000.0000.000
8Nic0.000-0.0000.0000.000
9Nib0.0000.0000.0000.000
10Nib0.0000.0000.0000.000
11Nic0.000-0.0000.0000.000
12Nib0.0000.0000.0000.000

Convex Hull: Y-Ni

Energy above hull 0.100 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 MAGMOM3*0.6 9*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 = 3*0.6 9*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 spacing0.46386 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 987 / 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