Material:

Nb2Co3Si

ID:

MMD-1717

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Compounds with the same formula: Nb2Co3Si (1 entry found)
Compounds with the same elements: Nb-Co-Si (11 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

hexagonal

Space group number

194

Hermann-Mauguin

P6_3/mmc

Hall

-P 6c 2c

Point group

6/mmm

Structure data:

Normalized formula

Nb2Co3Si

The number of formula units per unit cell

2

The total number of atoms per unit cell

12

The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell

3

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

4.8680

b (Å)

4.8680

c (Å)

7.5520

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

120.000

Volume (Å3)

154.989

Density (g/cm3)

8.372

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

-473.1 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

0 meV, (stable)

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram
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Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: Nb2Co3Si

1 entry found

Compounds with the same elements: Nb-Co-Si

11 entries found

Binary compounds in Nb-Co system

8 entries found

Binary compounds in Nb-Si system

No entries found

Binary compounds in Co-Si system

17 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

Ferromagnetic

Total magnetic moment

0.02 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

0.00 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

0.00 T (= 0.0 emu/cm3)
LMTO-GF calculations (details)

Curie temperature, TC

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic easy axis

Magnetic hardness parameter, κ

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

index species w x y z m (μB) Esoc100 (meV) Esoc001 (meV)
1 Nb 4f 0.666667 0.333333 0.939895 0.00 . .
2 Nb 4f 0.333333 0.666667 0.439895 0.00 . .
3 Nb 4f 0.666667 0.333333 0.560105 0.00 . .
4 Nb 4f 0.333333 0.666667 0.060105 0.00 . .
5 Co 6h 0.169876 0.830124 0.750000 0.00 . .
6 Co 6h 0.660248 0.830124 0.750000 0.00 . .
7 Co 6h 0.830124 0.169876 0.250000 0.00 . .
8 Co 6h 0.169876 0.339752 0.750000 0.00 . .
9 Co 6h 0.830124 0.660248 0.250000 0.00 . .
10 Co 6h 0.339752 0.169876 0.250000 0.00 . .
11 Si 2a 0.000000 0.000000 0.500000 -0.00 . .
12 Si 2a 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 -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
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Terms and conditions

Site-resolved magnetic moments:

Local magnetic moments

Pair-wise magnetic data:

site i site j distance (Å) Jij (meV)
1 Nb 4f 2 Nb 4f 4.71 .
1 Nb 4f 3 Nb 4f 2.87 .
1 Nb 4f 4 Nb 4f 2.95 .
1 Nb 4f 5 Co 6h 2.83 .
1 Nb 4f 6 Co 6h 2.83 .
1 Nb 4f 7 Co 6h 2.72 .
1 Nb 4f 8 Co 6h 2.83 .
1 Nb 4f 9 Co 6h 2.72 .
1 Nb 4f 10 Co 6h 2.72 .
1 Nb 4f 11 Si 2a 4.35 .
1 Nb 4f 12 Si 2a 2.85 .
2 Nb 4f 3 Nb 4f 2.95 .
2 Nb 4f 4 Nb 4f 2.87 .
2 Nb 4f 5 Co 6h 2.72 .
2 Nb 4f 6 Co 6h 2.72 .
2 Nb 4f 7 Co 6h 2.83 .
2 Nb 4f 8 Co 6h 2.72 .
2 Nb 4f 9 Co 6h 2.83 .
2 Nb 4f 10 Co 6h 2.83 .
2 Nb 4f 11 Si 2a 2.85 .
2 Nb 4f 12 Si 2a 4.35 .
3 Nb 4f 4 Nb 4f 4.71 .
3 Nb 4f 5 Co 6h 2.83 .
3 Nb 4f 6 Co 6h 2.83 .
3 Nb 4f 7 Co 6h 2.72 .
3 Nb 4f 8 Co 6h 2.83 .
3 Nb 4f 9 Co 6h 2.72 .
3 Nb 4f 10 Co 6h 2.72 .
3 Nb 4f 11 Si 2a 2.85 .
3 Nb 4f 12 Si 2a 4.35 .
4 Nb 4f 5 Co 6h 2.72 .
4 Nb 4f 6 Co 6h 2.72 .
4 Nb 4f 7 Co 6h 2.83 .
4 Nb 4f 8 Co 6h 2.72 .
4 Nb 4f 9 Co 6h 2.83 .
4 Nb 4f 10 Co 6h 2.83 .
4 Nb 4f 11 Si 2a 4.35 .
4 Nb 4f 12 Si 2a 2.85 .
5 Co 6h 6 Co 6h 2.39 .
5 Co 6h 7 Co 6h 4.69 .
5 Co 6h 8 Co 6h 2.39 .
5 Co 6h 9 Co 6h 4.04 .
5 Co 6h 10 Co 6h 4.04 .
5 Co 6h 11 Si 2a 2.37 .
5 Co 6h 12 Si 2a 2.37 .
6 Co 6h 7 Co 6h 4.04 .
6 Co 6h 8 Co 6h 2.39 .
6 Co 6h 9 Co 6h 4.04 .
6 Co 6h 10 Co 6h 4.69 .
6 Co 6h 11 Si 2a 2.37 .
6 Co 6h 12 Si 2a 2.37 .
7 Co 6h 8 Co 6h 4.04 .
7 Co 6h 9 Co 6h 2.39 .
7 Co 6h 10 Co 6h 2.39 .
7 Co 6h 11 Si 2a 2.37 .
7 Co 6h 12 Si 2a 2.37 .
8 Co 6h 9 Co 6h 4.69 .
8 Co 6h 10 Co 6h 4.04 .
8 Co 6h 11 Si 2a 2.37 .
8 Co 6h 12 Si 2a 2.37 .
9 Co 6h 10 Co 6h 2.39 .
9 Co 6h 11 Si 2a 2.37 .
9 Co 6h 12 Si 2a 2.37 .
10 Co 6h 11 Si 2a 2.37 .
10 Co 6h 12 Si 2a 2.37 .
11 Si 2a 12 Si 2a 3.78 .
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Terms and conditions

Pair-resolved magnetic 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-10366
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