Crystal system |
cubic |
Space group number |
221 |
Hermann-Mauguin |
Pm-3m |
Hall |
-P 4 2 3 |
Point group |
m-3m |
Normalized formula |
Nb3Fe |
The number of formula units per unit cell |
1 |
The total number of atoms per unit cell |
4 |
The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell |
2 |
Structure search |
MP |
a (Å) |
4.0502 |
b (Å) |
4.0502 |
c (Å) |
4.0502 |
α (deg.) |
90.000 |
β (deg.) |
90.000 |
γ (deg.) |
90.000 |
Volume (Å3) |
66.440 |
Density (g/cm3) |
8.362 |
DFT calculations (details) | |
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Formation energy (vs. elemental phases) |
264.4 meV/atom |
Formation energy above hull |
326.7 meV/atom |
Compounds with the same formula: Nb3Fe |
3 entries found |
Compounds with the same elements: Nb-Fe |
11 entries found |
DFT calculations (details) | |
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Magnetic ordering |
Ferromagnetic |
Total magnetic moment |
2.44 μB/cell |
Averaged magnetic moment |
0.61 μB/atom |
Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms |
0.43 T (= 342.2 emu/cm3) |
LMTO-GF calculations (details) | |
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Curie temperature, TC |
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DFT calculations (details) | |
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Magnetic easy axis |
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Magnetic hardness parameter, κ |
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index | species | w | x | y | z | m (μB) | Esoc100 (meV) | Esoc001 (meV) |
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1 | Nb | 3c | 0.000000 | 0.500000 | 0.500000 | 0.03 | . | . |
2 | Nb | 3c | 0.500000 | 0.500000 | 0.000000 | 0.03 | . | . |
3 | Nb | 3c | 0.500000 | 0.000000 | 0.500000 | 0.03 | . | . |
4 | Fe | 1a | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 2.37 | . | . |
site i | site j | distance (Å) | Jij (meV) | ||||
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1 | Nb | 3c | 2 | Nb | 3c | 2.86 | . |
1 | Nb | 3c | 3 | Nb | 3c | 2.86 | . |
1 | Nb | 3c | 4 | Fe | 1a | 2.86 | . |
2 | Nb | 3c | 3 | Nb | 3c | 2.86 | . |
2 | Nb | 3c | 4 | Fe | 1a | 2.86 | . |
3 | Nb | 3c | 4 | Fe | 1a | 2.86 | . |
DFT calculations |
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LMTO-GF calculations |
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References |
Materials Project: mp-999440 |