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Y2Co7

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.810T
Magnetization density0.070μB Å−3
Total spin moment9.010μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.098eV atom−1
Cell volume129.700Å3
Number of atoms9atoms
Chemical system Y-Co Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaCo7Y2
a, b, c5.163, 5.163, 5.618 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume129.700 Å3
Volume per atom14.411 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z1

Final Symmetry

Space groupP-3m1 (No. 164)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group-3m
Hall symbol-P 3 2"
Pearson symbolhP9

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y2d23m.
Co1Co6i6.m.
Co2Co1b1-3m.

Prototype Relationship

Parent space groupP-3m1 (No. 164)
AFLOW ANRL labelA7B2_hP9_164_ai_d-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment9.010 μB cell−1
Moment per atom1.001 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.070 μB Å−3
μ0M0.810 T
PAW-sphere total9.451 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-0.441 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.484 μB
Transition-metal sublattice9.935 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y2-0.484-0.242-0.242 to -0.242
Co79.9351.4191.400 to 1.535

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yd-0.014-0.049-0.179-0.242
2Yd-0.014-0.049-0.179-0.242
3Coi-0.004-0.0351.4401.400
4Coi-0.004-0.0351.4401.400
5Coi-0.004-0.0351.4401.400
6Coi-0.004-0.0351.4401.400
7Coi-0.004-0.0351.4401.400
8Coi-0.004-0.0351.4401.400
9Cob0.000-0.0651.6001.535

Convex Hull: Y-Co

Energy above hull 0.098 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 7*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 = 4
LORBIT = 11
LREAL = Auto
LWAVE = False
MAGMOM = 2*0.6 7*2.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05
SYMPREC = 0.0001

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 4
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.28104 Å−1
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pymatgen with grid density = 1134 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 4

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
YPAW_PBE Y_sv 06Sep200011.000211.641
CoPAW_PBE Co 02Aug20079.000267.968