Material:

YAlNi

ID:

MMD-3360

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Compounds with the same formula: YAlNi (1 entry found)
Compounds with the same elements: Y-Al-Ni (10 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

hexagonal

Space group number

189

Hermann-Mauguin

P-62m

Hall

P -6 -2

Point group

-6m2

Structure data:

Normalized formula

YAlNi

The number of formula units per unit cell

3

The total number of atoms per unit cell

9

The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell

4

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

6.9578

b (Å)

6.9578

c (Å)

3.9192

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

120.000

Volume (Å3)

164.314

Density (g/cm3)

5.293

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

-604.5 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

0 meV, (stable)

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram
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Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: YAlNi

1 entry found

Compounds with the same elements: Y-Al-Ni

10 entries found

Binary compounds in Y-Al system

No entries found

Binary compounds in Y-Ni system

11 entries found

Binary compounds in Al-Ni system

13 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 Y 3f -0.000000 0.583425 0.000000 0.00 . .
2 Y 3f 0.583425 0.000000 0.000000 0.00 . .
3 Y 3f 0.416575 0.416575 0.000000 0.00 . .
4 Al 3g 0.234439 0.000000 0.500000 -0.00 . .
5 Al 3g 0.765561 0.765561 0.500000 -0.00 . .
6 Al 3g 0.000000 0.234439 0.500000 -0.00 . .
7 Ni 2d 0.666667 0.333333 0.500000 -0.00 . .
8 Ni 2d 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.00 . .
9 Ni 1a 0.333333 0.666667 0.500000 -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 Y 3f 2 Y 3f 3.62 .
1 Y 3f 3 Y 3f 3.62 .
1 Y 3f 4 Al 3g 3.19 .
1 Y 3f 5 Al 3g 3.19 .
1 Y 3f 6 Al 3g 3.12 .
1 Y 3f 7 Ni 2d 2.87 .
1 Y 3f 8 Ni 2d 2.90 .
1 Y 3f 9 Ni 1a 2.87 .
2 Y 3f 3 Y 3f 3.62 .
2 Y 3f 4 Al 3g 3.12 .
2 Y 3f 5 Al 3g 3.19 .
2 Y 3f 6 Al 3g 3.19 .
2 Y 3f 7 Ni 2d 2.87 .
2 Y 3f 8 Ni 2d 2.90 .
2 Y 3f 9 Ni 1a 2.87 .
3 Y 3f 4 Al 3g 3.19 .
3 Y 3f 5 Al 3g 3.12 .
3 Y 3f 6 Al 3g 3.19 .
3 Y 3f 7 Ni 2d 2.87 .
3 Y 3f 8 Ni 2d 2.90 .
3 Y 3f 9 Ni 1a 2.87 .
4 Al 3g 5 Al 3g 2.83 .
4 Al 3g 6 Al 3g 2.83 .
4 Al 3g 7 Ni 2d 2.73 .
4 Al 3g 8 Ni 2d 2.55 .
4 Al 3g 9 Ni 1a 2.73 .
5 Al 3g 6 Al 3g 2.83 .
5 Al 3g 7 Ni 2d 2.73 .
5 Al 3g 8 Ni 2d 2.55 .
5 Al 3g 9 Ni 1a 2.73 .
6 Al 3g 7 Ni 2d 2.73 .
6 Al 3g 8 Ni 2d 2.55 .
6 Al 3g 9 Ni 1a 2.73 .
7 Ni 2d 8 Ni 2d 4.47 .
7 Ni 2d 9 Ni 1a 4.02 .
8 Ni 2d 9 Ni 1a 4.47 .
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-13095
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