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YNi5

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.246T
Magnetization density0.021μB Å−3
Total spin moment1.720μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.009eV atom−1
Cell volume81.460Å3
Number of atoms6atoms
Chemical system Y-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi5Y
a, b, c4.881, 4.881, 3.949 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume81.460 Å3
Volume per atom13.577 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
Y1Y1b16/mmm
Ni1Ni3f3mmm
Ni2Ni2d2-6m2

Prototype Relationship

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

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment1.720 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.287 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.021 μB Å−3
μ0M0.246 T
PAW-sphere total1.860 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.140 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.062 μB
Transition-metal sublattice1.922 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y1-0.062-0.062-0.062 to -0.062
Ni51.9220.3840.322 to 0.426

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yb-0.001-0.012-0.049-0.062
2Nif0.000-0.0050.4310.426
3Nif0.000-0.0050.4310.426
4Nif0.000-0.0050.4310.426
5Nid0.001-0.0080.3280.322
6Nid0.001-0.0080.3280.322

Convex Hull: Y-Ni

Energy above hull 0.009 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 5*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 5*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05
SYMPREC = 0.0001

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 6
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29730 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1178 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 6

PAW Potentials

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