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SmCo5

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.966T
Magnetization density0.083μB Å−3
Total spin moment7.029μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.020eV atom−1
Cell volume84.780Å3
Number of atoms6atoms
Chemical system Sm-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo5Sm
a, b, c4.984, 4.984, 3.941 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume84.780 Å3
Volume per atom14.130 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP6/mmm (No. 191)
Crystal systemHexagonal
Point group6/mmm
Hall symbol-P 6 2
Pearson symbolhP6

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm1b16/mmm
Co1Co3f3mmm
Co2Co2d2-6m2

Prototype Relationship

Parent prototypeCaCu5-type (AB5)
Parent space groupP6/mmm (No. 191)
AFLOW ANRL labelAB5_hP6_191_a_cg-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment7.029 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.171 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.083 μB Å−3
μ0M0.966 T
PAW-sphere total7.344 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.315 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.259 μB
Transition-metal sublattice7.603 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm1-0.259-0.259-0.259 to -0.259
Co57.6031.5211.508 to 1.529

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Smb-0.014-0.024-0.222-0.259
2Cof-0.005-0.0401.5751.529
3Cof-0.005-0.0401.5751.529
4Cof-0.005-0.0401.5751.529
5Cod0.002-0.0451.5521.508
6Cod0.002-0.0451.5521.508

Convex Hull: Sm-Co

Energy above hull 0.020 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*5.0 5*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 = 1*5.0 5*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 6
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29116 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1142 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 6

PAW Potentials

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