Material:

NbAlFe4

ID:

MMD-2223

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Compounds with the same formula: NbAlFe4 (1 entry found)
Compounds with the same elements: Nb-Al-Fe (3 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

trigonal

Space group number

164

Hermann-Mauguin

P-3m1

Hall

-P 3 2"

Point group

-3m

Structure data:

Normalized formula

NbAlFe4

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

5

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

4.7991

b (Å)

4.7991

c (Å)

7.7289

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

120.000

Volume (Å3)

154.161

Density (g/cm3)

7.395

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

-181.4 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram
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Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: NbAlFe4

1 entry found

Compounds with the same elements: Nb-Al-Fe

3 entries found

Binary compounds in Nb-Al system

No entries found

Binary compounds in Nb-Fe system

11 entries found

Binary compounds in Al-Fe system

10 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

Ferromagnetic

Total magnetic moment

10.69 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

0.89 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

0.81 T (= 644.6 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 2d 0.666667 0.333333 0.922016 -0.36 . .
2 Nb 2d 0.333333 0.666667 0.077984 -0.36 . .
3 Al 2d 0.333333 0.666667 0.444333 -0.07 . .
4 Al 2d 0.666667 0.333333 0.555667 -0.07 . .
5 Fe 1b 0.000000 0.000000 0.500000 1.59 . .
6 Fe 1a 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 1.22 . .
7 Fe 6i 0.830824 0.169176 0.252370 1.53 . .
8 Fe 6i 0.830824 0.661648 0.252370 1.53 . .
9 Fe 6i 0.338352 0.169176 0.252370 1.53 . .
10 Fe 6i 0.169176 0.830824 0.747630 1.53 . .
11 Fe 6i 0.169176 0.338352 0.747630 1.53 . .
12 Fe 6i 0.661648 0.830824 0.747630 1.53 . .
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 Nb 2d 2 Nb 2d 3.02 .
1 Nb 2d 3 Al 2d 4.62 .
1 Nb 2d 4 Al 2d 2.83 .
1 Nb 2d 5 Fe 1b 4.28 .
1 Nb 2d 6 Fe 1a 2.84 .
1 Nb 2d 7 Fe 6i 2.90 .
1 Nb 2d 8 Fe 6i 2.90 .
1 Nb 2d 9 Fe 6i 2.90 .
1 Nb 2d 10 Fe 6i 2.75 .
1 Nb 2d 11 Fe 6i 2.75 .
1 Nb 2d 12 Fe 6i 2.75 .
2 Nb 2d 3 Al 2d 2.83 .
2 Nb 2d 4 Al 2d 4.62 .
2 Nb 2d 5 Fe 1b 4.28 .
2 Nb 2d 6 Fe 1a 2.84 .
2 Nb 2d 7 Fe 6i 2.75 .
2 Nb 2d 8 Fe 6i 2.75 .
2 Nb 2d 9 Fe 6i 2.75 .
2 Nb 2d 10 Fe 6i 2.90 .
2 Nb 2d 11 Fe 6i 2.90 .
2 Nb 2d 12 Fe 6i 2.90 .
3 Al 2d 4 Al 2d 2.90 .
3 Al 2d 5 Fe 1b 2.80 .
3 Al 2d 6 Fe 1a 4.41 .
3 Al 2d 7 Fe 6i 2.82 .
3 Al 2d 8 Fe 6i 2.82 .
3 Al 2d 9 Fe 6i 2.82 .
3 Al 2d 10 Fe 6i 2.71 .
3 Al 2d 11 Fe 6i 2.71 .
3 Al 2d 12 Fe 6i 2.71 .
4 Al 2d 5 Fe 1b 2.80 .
4 Al 2d 6 Fe 1a 4.41 .
4 Al 2d 7 Fe 6i 2.71 .
4 Al 2d 8 Fe 6i 2.71 .
4 Al 2d 9 Fe 6i 2.71 .
4 Al 2d 10 Fe 6i 2.82 .
4 Al 2d 11 Fe 6i 2.82 .
4 Al 2d 12 Fe 6i 2.82 .
5 Fe 1b 6 Fe 1a 3.86 .
5 Fe 1b 7 Fe 6i 2.37 .
5 Fe 1b 8 Fe 6i 2.37 .
5 Fe 1b 9 Fe 6i 2.37 .
5 Fe 1b 10 Fe 6i 2.37 .
5 Fe 1b 11 Fe 6i 2.37 .
5 Fe 1b 12 Fe 6i 2.37 .
6 Fe 1a 7 Fe 6i 2.40 .
6 Fe 1a 8 Fe 6i 2.40 .
6 Fe 1a 9 Fe 6i 2.40 .
6 Fe 1a 10 Fe 6i 2.40 .
6 Fe 1a 11 Fe 6i 2.40 .
6 Fe 1a 12 Fe 6i 2.40 .
7 Fe 6i 8 Fe 6i 2.36 .
7 Fe 6i 9 Fe 6i 2.36 .
7 Fe 6i 10 Fe 6i 4.71 .
7 Fe 6i 11 Fe 6i 4.08 .
7 Fe 6i 12 Fe 6i 4.08 .
8 Fe 6i 9 Fe 6i 2.36 .
8 Fe 6i 10 Fe 6i 4.08 .
8 Fe 6i 11 Fe 6i 4.71 .
8 Fe 6i 12 Fe 6i 4.08 .
9 Fe 6i 10 Fe 6i 4.08 .
9 Fe 6i 11 Fe 6i 4.08 .
9 Fe 6i 12 Fe 6i 4.71 .
10 Fe 6i 11 Fe 6i 2.36 .
10 Fe 6i 12 Fe 6i 2.36 .
11 Fe 6i 12 Fe 6i 2.36 .
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:

Exchange coupling parameters

Individual exchange parameters:

Exchange coupling parameters

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-1220454
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