Material:

Fe3C

ID:

MMD-822

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Compounds with the same formula: Fe3C (10 entries found)
Compounds with the same elements: Fe-C (19 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

orthorhombic

Space group number

62

Hermann-Mauguin

Pnma

Hall

-P 2ac 2n

Point group

mmm

Structure data:

Normalized formula

Fe3C

The number of formula units per unit cell

4

The total number of atoms per unit cell

16

The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell

3

Structure search

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

5.7560

b (Å)

6.8090

c (Å)

4.6690

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

90.000

Volume (Å3)

182.990

Density (g/cm3)

6.517

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

352.0 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

352.0 meV/atom

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram

Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: Fe3C

10 entries found

Compounds with the same elements: Fe-C

19 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

Ferromagnetic

Total magnetic moment

28.50 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

1.78 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

1.82 T (= 1448.3 emu/cm3)
LMTO-GF calculations (details)

Curie temperature, TC

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic anisotropy constant, Ka-c

-1.16 MJ/m3 (= -1.33 meV/cell)

Magnetic anisotropy constant, Kb-c

0.30 MJ/m3 (= 0.35 meV/cell)

Magnetic anisotropy constant, Kb-a

1.47 MJ/m3 (= 1.67 meV/cell)

Magnetic easy axis

a

Magnetic hardness parameter, κ

0.67

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

index species w x y z m (μB) Esoc100 (meV) Esoc001 (meV)
1 Fe 4c 0.492880 0.250000 0.597280 2.63 . .
2 Fe 4c 0.507120 0.750000 0.402720 2.63 . .
3 Fe 4c 0.007120 0.750000 0.097280 2.63 . .
4 Fe 4c 0.992880 0.250000 0.902720 2.63 . .
5 Fe 8d 0.317240 0.451420 0.149240 2.28 . .
6 Fe 8d 0.682760 0.548580 0.850760 2.28 . .
7 Fe 8d 0.182760 0.548580 0.649240 2.28 . .
8 Fe 8d 0.817240 0.451420 0.350760 2.28 . .
9 Fe 8d 0.682760 0.951420 0.850760 2.28 . .
10 Fe 8d 0.317240 0.048580 0.149240 2.28 . .
11 Fe 8d 0.817240 0.048580 0.350760 2.28 . .
12 Fe 8d 0.182760 0.951420 0.649240 2.28 . .
13 C 4c 0.111070 0.250000 0.435770 -0.16 . .
14 C 4c 0.888930 0.750000 0.564230 -0.16 . .
15 C 4c 0.388930 0.750000 0.935770 -0.16 . .
16 C 4c 0.611070 0.250000 0.064230 -0.16 . .
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 Fe 4c 2 Fe 4c 3.52 .
1 Fe 4c 3 Fe 4c 4.99 .
1 Fe 4c 4 Fe 4c 3.21 .
1 Fe 4c 5 Fe 8d 2.70 .
1 Fe 4c 6 Fe 8d 2.59 .
1 Fe 4c 7 Fe 8d 2.72 .
1 Fe 4c 8 Fe 8d 2.59 .
1 Fe 4c 9 Fe 8d 2.59 .
1 Fe 4c 10 Fe 8d 2.70 .
1 Fe 4c 11 Fe 8d 2.59 .
1 Fe 4c 12 Fe 8d 2.72 .
1 Fe 4c 13 C 4c 2.32 .
1 Fe 4c 14 C 4c 4.10 .
1 Fe 4c 15 C 4c 3.80 .
1 Fe 4c 16 C 4c 2.28 .
2 Fe 4c 3 Fe 4c 3.21 .
2 Fe 4c 4 Fe 4c 4.99 .
2 Fe 4c 5 Fe 8d 2.59 .
2 Fe 4c 6 Fe 8d 2.70 .
2 Fe 4c 7 Fe 8d 2.59 .
2 Fe 4c 8 Fe 8d 2.72 .
2 Fe 4c 9 Fe 8d 2.70 .
2 Fe 4c 10 Fe 8d 2.59 .
2 Fe 4c 11 Fe 8d 2.72 .
2 Fe 4c 12 Fe 8d 2.59 .
2 Fe 4c 13 C 4c 4.10 .
2 Fe 4c 14 C 4c 2.32 .
2 Fe 4c 15 C 4c 2.28 .
2 Fe 4c 16 C 4c 3.80 .
3 Fe 4c 4 Fe 4c 3.52 .
3 Fe 4c 5 Fe 8d 2.72 .
3 Fe 4c 6 Fe 8d 2.59 .
3 Fe 4c 7 Fe 8d 2.70 .
3 Fe 4c 8 Fe 8d 2.59 .
3 Fe 4c 9 Fe 8d 2.59 .
3 Fe 4c 10 Fe 8d 2.72 .
3 Fe 4c 11 Fe 8d 2.59 .
3 Fe 4c 12 Fe 8d 2.70 .
3 Fe 4c 13 C 4c 3.80 .
3 Fe 4c 14 C 4c 2.28 .
3 Fe 4c 15 C 4c 2.32 .
3 Fe 4c 16 C 4c 4.10 .
4 Fe 4c 5 Fe 8d 2.59 .
4 Fe 4c 6 Fe 8d 2.72 .
4 Fe 4c 7 Fe 8d 2.59 .
4 Fe 4c 8 Fe 8d 2.70 .
4 Fe 4c 9 Fe 8d 2.72 .
4 Fe 4c 10 Fe 8d 2.59 .
4 Fe 4c 11 Fe 8d 2.70 .
4 Fe 4c 12 Fe 8d 2.59 .
4 Fe 4c 13 C 4c 2.28 .
4 Fe 4c 14 C 4c 3.80 .
4 Fe 4c 15 C 4c 4.10 .
4 Fe 4c 16 C 4c 2.32 .
5 Fe 8d 6 Fe 8d 2.61 .
5 Fe 8d 7 Fe 8d 2.55 .
5 Fe 8d 8 Fe 8d 3.03 .
5 Fe 8d 9 Fe 8d 4.24 .
5 Fe 8d 10 Fe 8d 2.74 .
5 Fe 8d 11 Fe 8d 4.09 .
5 Fe 8d 12 Fe 8d 4.20 .
5 Fe 8d 13 C 4c 2.25 .
5 Fe 8d 14 C 4c 3.74 .
5 Fe 8d 15 C 4c 2.30 .
5 Fe 8d 16 C 4c 2.21 .
6 Fe 8d 7 Fe 8d 3.03 .
6 Fe 8d 8 Fe 8d 2.55 .
6 Fe 8d 9 Fe 8d 2.74 .
6 Fe 8d 10 Fe 8d 4.24 .
6 Fe 8d 11 Fe 8d 4.20 .
6 Fe 8d 12 Fe 8d 4.09 .
6 Fe 8d 13 C 4c 3.74 .
6 Fe 8d 14 C 4c 2.25 .
6 Fe 8d 15 C 4c 2.21 .
6 Fe 8d 16 C 4c 2.30 .
7 Fe 8d 8 Fe 8d 2.61 .
7 Fe 8d 9 Fe 8d 4.09 .
7 Fe 8d 10 Fe 8d 4.20 .
7 Fe 8d 11 Fe 8d 4.24 .
7 Fe 8d 12 Fe 8d 2.74 .
7 Fe 8d 13 C 4c 2.30 .
7 Fe 8d 14 C 4c 2.21 .
7 Fe 8d 15 C 4c 2.25 .
7 Fe 8d 16 C 4c 3.74 .
8 Fe 8d 9 Fe 8d 4.20 .
8 Fe 8d 10 Fe 8d 4.09 .
8 Fe 8d 11 Fe 8d 2.74 .
8 Fe 8d 12 Fe 8d 4.24 .
8 Fe 8d 13 C 4c 2.21 .
8 Fe 8d 14 C 4c 2.30 .
8 Fe 8d 15 C 4c 3.74 .
8 Fe 8d 16 C 4c 2.25 .
9 Fe 8d 10 Fe 8d 2.61 .
9 Fe 8d 11 Fe 8d 2.55 .
9 Fe 8d 12 Fe 8d 3.03 .
9 Fe 8d 13 C 4c 3.74 .
9 Fe 8d 14 C 4c 2.25 .
9 Fe 8d 15 C 4c 2.21 .
9 Fe 8d 16 C 4c 2.30 .
10 Fe 8d 11 Fe 8d 3.03 .
10 Fe 8d 12 Fe 8d 2.55 .
10 Fe 8d 13 C 4c 2.25 .
10 Fe 8d 14 C 4c 3.74 .
10 Fe 8d 15 C 4c 2.30 .
10 Fe 8d 16 C 4c 2.21 .
11 Fe 8d 12 Fe 8d 2.61 .
11 Fe 8d 13 C 4c 2.21 .
11 Fe 8d 14 C 4c 2.30 .
11 Fe 8d 15 C 4c 3.74 .
11 Fe 8d 16 C 4c 2.25 .
12 Fe 8d 13 C 4c 2.30 .
12 Fe 8d 14 C 4c 2.21 .
12 Fe 8d 15 C 4c 2.25 .
12 Fe 8d 16 C 4c 3.74 .
13 C 4c 14 C 4c 3.69 .
13 C 4c 15 C 4c 4.43 .
13 C 4c 16 C 4c 3.36 .
14 C 4c 15 C 4c 3.36 .
14 C 4c 16 C 4c 4.43 .
15 C 4c 16 C 4c 3.69 .
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) = (10, 10, 14) 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

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