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Y2Ni7

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Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.136T
Magnetization density0.012μB Å−3
Total spin moment-8.900μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.005eV atom−1
Cell volume761.320Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Y-Ni Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaNi42Y12
a, b, c4.935, 4.935, 36.103 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume761.320 Å3
Volume per atom14.099 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z6

Final Symmetry

Space groupR-3m (No. 166)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group-3m
Hall symbol-R 3 2"
Pearson symbolhR18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Y1Y6c63m
Y2Y6c63m
Ni1Ni6c63m
Ni2Ni18h18.m
Ni3Ni3b3-3m
Ni4Ni6c63m
Ni5Ni9e9.2/m

Prototype Relationship

Parent space groupR-3m (No. 166)
AFLOW ANRL labelA7B2_hR18_166_a2cdh_2c-001

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment-8.900 μB cell−1
Moment per atom-0.165 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.012 μB Å−3
μ0M0.136 T
PAW-sphere total-9.612 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder0.712 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice0.414 μB
Transition-metal sublattice-10.026 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Y120.4140.0350.029 to 0.040
Ni42-10.026-0.239-0.392 to -0.104

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Yc-0.0020.0080.0330.040
2Yc-0.0020.0080.0330.040
3Yc-0.0020.0080.0330.040
4Yc-0.0020.0080.0330.040
5Yc-0.0000.0060.0230.029
6Yc-0.0000.0060.0230.029
7Yc-0.0020.0080.0330.040
8Yc-0.0020.0080.0330.040
9Yc-0.0000.0060.0230.029
10Yc-0.0000.0060.0230.029
11Yc-0.0000.0060.0230.029
12Yc-0.0000.0060.0230.029
13Nic-0.0010.005-0.267-0.263
14Nic-0.0010.005-0.267-0.263
15Nic-0.0010.005-0.267-0.263
16Nic-0.0010.005-0.267-0.263
17Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
18Nib0.0000.004-0.109-0.104
19Nib0.0000.004-0.109-0.104
20Nib0.0000.004-0.109-0.104
21Nic-0.0010.004-0.259-0.255
22Nic-0.0010.004-0.259-0.255
23Nic-0.0010.004-0.259-0.255
24Nic-0.0010.004-0.259-0.255
25Nic-0.0010.004-0.259-0.255
26Nic-0.0010.004-0.259-0.255
27Nic-0.0010.005-0.267-0.263
28Nic-0.0010.005-0.267-0.263
29Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
30Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
31Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
32Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
33Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
34Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
35Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
36Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
37Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
38Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
39Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
40Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
41Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
42Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
43Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
44Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
45Nie-0.0000.004-0.396-0.392
46Nie-0.0000.004-0.396-0.392
47Nie-0.0000.004-0.396-0.392
48Nie-0.0000.004-0.396-0.392
49Nie-0.0000.004-0.396-0.392
50Nie-0.0000.004-0.396-0.392
51Nie-0.0000.004-0.396-0.392
52Nie-0.0000.004-0.396-0.392
53Nih0.0000.003-0.174-0.171
54Nie-0.0000.004-0.396-0.392

Convex Hull: Y-Ni

Energy above hull 0.005 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 MAGMOM12*0.6 42*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 = 12*0.6 42*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 spacing0.29406 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1125 / 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