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YNi6

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.307T
Magnetization density0.026μB Å−3
Total spin moment4.759μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.095eV atom−1
Cell volume180.760Å3
Number of atoms14atoms
Chemical system Y-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi12Y2
a, b, c4.790, 8.690, 4.960 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 118.889, 90.000°
Cell volume180.760 Å3
Volume per atom12.911 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z2

Final Symmetry

Space groupI4/mmm (No. 139)
Crystal systemTetragonal
Point group4/mmm
Hall symbol-I 4 2
Pearson symboltI14

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y2b24/mmm
Ni1Ni4h4m.2m
Ni2Ni4d4-4m2
Ni3Ni4h4m.2m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment4.759 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.340 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.026 μB Å−3
μ0M0.307 T
PAW-sphere total5.034 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.275 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.110 μB
Transition-metal sublattice5.144 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y2-0.110-0.055-0.055 to -0.055
Ni125.1440.4290.363 to 0.547

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yb-0.003-0.008-0.044-0.055
2Yb-0.003-0.008-0.044-0.055
3Nih0.002-0.0070.3810.376
4Nih0.002-0.0070.3810.376
5Nih0.002-0.0070.3810.376
6Nih0.002-0.0070.3810.376
7Nid0.001-0.0040.5500.547
8Nid0.001-0.0040.5500.547
9Nid0.001-0.0040.5500.547
10Nid0.001-0.0040.5500.547
11Nih0.003-0.0070.3670.363
12Nih0.003-0.0070.3670.363
13Nih0.003-0.0070.3670.363
14Nih0.003-0.0070.3670.363

Convex Hull: Y-Ni

Energy above hull 0.095 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 MAGMOM2*0.6 12*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 = 2*0.6 12*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05
SYMPREC = 0.0001

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 2 × 5
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.36152 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1243 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 2 5

PAW Potentials

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