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YNi5

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.214T
Magnetization density0.018μB Å−3
Total spin moment13.397μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.056eV atom−1
Cell volume727.730Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Y-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi45Y9
a, b, c4.863, 4.863, 35.538 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume727.730 Å3
Volume per atom13.476 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z9

Final Symmetry

Space groupR3m (No. 160)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolR 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhR18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y3a33m
Y2Y3a33m
Y3Y3a33m
Ni1Ni3a33m
Ni2Ni9b9.m
Ni3Ni3a33m
Ni4Ni3a33m
Ni5Ni9b9.m
Ni6Ni9b9.m
Ni7Ni3a33m
Ni8Ni3a33m
Ni9Ni3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment13.397 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.248 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.018 μB Å−3
μ0M0.214 T
PAW-sphere total14.580 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-1.183 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.519 μB
Transition-metal sublattice15.099 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y9-0.519-0.058-0.059 to -0.056
Ni4515.0990.3360.238 to 0.440

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Ya-0.004-0.011-0.044-0.059
2Ya-0.003-0.011-0.042-0.056
3Ya-0.003-0.011-0.042-0.056
4Ya-0.004-0.011-0.044-0.059
5Ya-0.004-0.011-0.044-0.059
6Ya-0.001-0.012-0.045-0.058
7Ya-0.001-0.012-0.045-0.058
8Ya-0.001-0.012-0.045-0.058
9Ya-0.003-0.011-0.042-0.056
10Nia0.000-0.0060.2580.252
11Nib0.001-0.0050.3930.388
12Nia0.000-0.0060.2580.252
13Nia0.000-0.0060.2580.252
14Nia0.001-0.0070.3180.313
15Nia0.001-0.0070.3180.313
16Nia0.001-0.0070.3180.313
17Nia0.001-0.0070.2860.280
18Nib0.001-0.0050.3930.388
19Nib0.001-0.0050.3930.388
20Nib0.001-0.0050.3930.388
21Nib0.001-0.0050.3930.388
22Nib0.001-0.0050.3930.388
23Nib0.001-0.0050.3930.388
24Nib0.001-0.0050.3930.388
25Nib0.001-0.0050.3930.388
26Nib-0.000-0.0070.4130.407
27Nia0.001-0.0070.2860.280
28Nia0.001-0.0070.2860.280
29Nib-0.000-0.0070.4130.407
30Nib-0.000-0.0070.4130.407
31Nib-0.000-0.0070.4130.407
32Nib-0.000-0.0070.4130.407
33Nib-0.000-0.0060.2440.238
34Nib-0.000-0.0060.2440.238
35Nib-0.000-0.0060.2440.238
36Nib-0.000-0.0060.2440.238
37Nib-0.000-0.0060.2440.238
38Nib-0.000-0.0070.4130.407
39Nib-0.000-0.0070.4130.407
40Nib-0.000-0.0070.4130.407
41Nib-0.000-0.0070.4130.407
42Nia0.003-0.0090.3540.348
43Nia0.003-0.0090.3540.348
44Nia0.003-0.0090.3540.348
45Nia0.001-0.0070.3080.301
46Nia0.001-0.0070.3080.301
47Nia0.001-0.0070.3080.301
48Nia0.005-0.0050.4400.440
49Nia0.005-0.0050.4400.440
50Nib-0.000-0.0060.2440.238
51Nib-0.000-0.0060.2440.238
52Nib-0.000-0.0060.2440.238
53Nib-0.000-0.0060.2440.238
54Nia0.005-0.0050.4400.440

Convex Hull: Y-Ni

Energy above hull 0.056 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 MAGMOM9*0.6 45*5.0
RelaxationIBRION 1, ISIF 3, NSW 100
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ADDGRID = True
ALGO = All
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 = 9*0.6 45*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 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29840 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1193 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

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