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YNi5

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.219T
Magnetization density0.019μB Å−3
Total spin moment-4.538μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.097eV atom−1
Cell volume241.380Å3
Number of atoms18atoms
Chemical system Y-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi15Y3
a, b, c4.862, 4.862, 11.789 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume241.380 Å3
Volume per atom13.410 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

Final Symmetry

Space groupP3m1 (No. 156)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolP 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhP18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y1c13m.
Y2Y1c13m.
Y3Y1a13m.
Ni1Ni1c13m.
Ni2Ni3d3.m.
Ni3Ni1b13m.
Ni4Ni3d3.m.
Ni5Ni3d3.m.
Ni6Ni1a13m.
Ni7Ni1b13m.
Ni8Ni1a13m.
Ni9Ni1b13m.

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment-4.538 μB cell−1
Moment per atom-0.252 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.019 μB Å−3
μ0M0.219 T
PAW-sphere total-4.931 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.393 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.186 μB
Transition-metal sublattice-5.117 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y30.1860.0620.053 to 0.067
Ni15-5.117-0.341-0.401 to -0.247

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yc0.0030.0140.0490.066
2Yc0.0030.0110.0390.053
3Ya0.0040.0110.0520.067
4Nic-0.0030.006-0.404-0.401
5Nid0.0000.006-0.322-0.317
6Nid0.0000.006-0.322-0.317
7Nid0.0000.006-0.322-0.317
8Nib-0.0020.009-0.394-0.387
9Nid-0.0000.006-0.404-0.398
10Nid-0.0000.006-0.404-0.398
11Nid-0.0000.006-0.404-0.398
12Nid0.0000.005-0.302-0.297
13Nid0.0000.005-0.302-0.297
14Nia-0.0000.005-0.251-0.247
15Nid0.0000.005-0.302-0.297
16Nib-0.0020.008-0.357-0.351
17Nia-0.0020.005-0.317-0.314
18Nib-0.0010.007-0.387-0.381

Convex Hull: Y-Ni

Energy above hull 0.097 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 15*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 15*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 × 2
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29843 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1212 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 2

PAW Potentials

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