Material:

NiB

ID:

MMD-1540

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Compounds with the same formula: NiB (1 entry found)
Compounds with the same elements: Ni-B (7 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

orthorhombic

Space group number

63

Hermann-Mauguin

Cmcm

Hall

-C 2c 2

Point group

mmm

Structure data:

Normalized formula

NiB

The number of formula units per unit cell

4

The total number of atoms per unit cell

8

The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell

2

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

2.9498

b (Å)

7.3490

c (Å)

2.9718

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

90.000

Volume (Å3)

64.424

Density (g/cm3)

7.166

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

-243.7 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

3.0 meV/atom

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram

Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: NiB

1 entry found

Compounds with the same elements: Ni-B

7 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

non-magnetic

Total magnetic moment

0.00 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

0.00 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

0.00 T (= 0.0 emu/cm3)
Data for the Curie temperature are not available for this entry.
Data for the magnetic anisotropy are not available for this entry.

Atomic positions (fractional coordinates) and site-specific magnetic data:

index species w x y z m (μB) Esoc100 (meV) Esoc001 (meV)
1 Ni 4c 0.500000 0.352985 0.750000 0.00 . .
2 Ni 4c 0.000000 0.147015 0.250000 0.00 . .
3 Ni 4c 0.000000 0.852985 0.750000 0.00 . .
4 Ni 4c 0.500000 0.647015 0.250000 0.00 . .
5 B 4c 0.500000 0.066989 0.750000 -0.00 . .
6 B 4c 0.000000 0.433011 0.250000 -0.00 . .
7 B 4c 0.000000 0.566989 0.750000 -0.00 . .
8 B 4c 0.500000 0.933011 0.250000 -0.00 . .
w: site multiplicity (the number of equivalent positions) and Wyckoff letter (a label for site symmetry)
m: local magnetic moment
Esoc100 (001): Spin-orbit coupling energy for the magnetization oriented along the crystallographic a (c) axis
(Individual Esoc values are temporarily not available while we perform maintenance.)
Terms and conditions

Site-resolved magnetic moments:

Local magnetic moments

Pair-wise magnetic data:

site i site j distance (Å) Jij (meV)
1 Ni 4c 2 Ni 4c 2.58 .
1 Ni 4c 3 Ni 4c 3.96 .
1 Ni 4c 4 Ni 4c 2.62 .
1 Ni 4c 5 B 4c 2.10 .
1 Ni 4c 6 B 4c 2.17 .
1 Ni 4c 7 B 4c 2.16 .
1 Ni 4c 8 B 4c 3.43 .
2 Ni 4c 3 Ni 4c 2.62 .
2 Ni 4c 4 Ni 4c 3.96 .
2 Ni 4c 5 B 4c 2.17 .
2 Ni 4c 6 B 4c 2.10 .
2 Ni 4c 7 B 4c 3.43 .
2 Ni 4c 8 B 4c 2.16 .
3 Ni 4c 4 Ni 4c 2.58 .
3 Ni 4c 5 B 4c 2.16 .
3 Ni 4c 6 B 4c 3.43 .
3 Ni 4c 7 B 4c 2.10 .
3 Ni 4c 8 B 4c 2.17 .
4 Ni 4c 5 B 4c 3.43 .
4 Ni 4c 6 B 4c 2.16 .
4 Ni 4c 7 B 4c 2.17 .
4 Ni 4c 8 B 4c 2.10 .
5 B 4c 6 B 4c 3.41 .
5 B 4c 7 B 4c 3.96 .
5 B 4c 8 B 4c 1.78 .
6 B 4c 7 B 4c 1.78 .
6 B 4c 8 B 4c 3.96 .
7 B 4c 8 B 4c 3.41 .
Jij: magnetic exchange parameter between site i and j (Individual Jij values are temporarily not available while we perform maintenance.)
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Terms and conditions

Pair-resolved magnetic exchange parameters:


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Individual exchange parameters:


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Methods:

DFT calculations

  • exchange-correlation energy functional: GGA-PBE
  • pseudopotential type: PAW
  • cutoff energy: 65.0 Ry
  • k-point grid: (kx, ky, kz) = (None, None, None) for magnetic anisotropy calculations
  • package: QE (v6.3)

LMTO-GF calculations

  • k-point grid: (kx, ky, kz) =
  • energy mesh: 41 points on an elliptical contour
  • package: Questaal (v7)

References:

References

Materials Project: mp-14019
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