Material:

Mn3Ga

ID:

MMD-948

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Compounds with the same formula: Mn3Ga (5 entries found)
Compounds with the same elements: Mn-Ga (13 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

hexagonal

Space group number

187

Hermann-Mauguin

P-6m2

Hall

P -6 2

Point group

-6m2

Structure data:

Normalized formula

Mn3Ga

The number of formula units per unit cell

1

The total number of atoms per unit cell

4

The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell

3

Structure search

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

2.5992

b (Å)

2.5992

c (Å)

8.1577

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

120.000

Volume (Å3)

47.730

Density (g/cm3)

8.160

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

58.7 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

113.5 meV/atom

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram

Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: Mn3Ga

5 entries found

Compounds with the same elements: Mn-Ga

13 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

Ferromagnetic

Total magnetic moment

1.52 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

0.38 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

0.37 T (= 294.4 emu/cm3)
LMTO-GF calculations (details)

Curie temperature, TC

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic anisotropy constant, Ka-c

0.94 MJ/m3 (= 0.28 meV/cell)

Magnetic easy axis

c

Magnetic hardness parameter, κ

2.94

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

index species w x y z m (μB) Esoc100 (meV) Esoc001 (meV)
1 Mn 1b 0.333333 0.666667 0.500000 -0.92 . .
2 Mn 2i 0.000000 0.000000 0.260779 1.22 . .
3 Mn 2i 0.000000 0.000000 0.739221 1.22 . .
4 Ga 1a 0.333333 0.666667 0.000000 -0.04 . .
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 Mn 1b 2 Mn 2i 2.46 .
1 Mn 1b 3 Mn 2i 2.46 .
1 Mn 1b 4 Ga 1a 4.08 .
2 Mn 2i 3 Mn 2i 3.90 .
2 Mn 2i 4 Ga 1a 2.60 .
3 Mn 2i 4 Ga 1a 2.60 .
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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Methods:

DFT calculations

  • exchange-correlation energy functional: GGA-PBE
  • pseudopotential type: PAW
  • cutoff energy: 65.0 Ry
  • k-point grid: (kx, ky, kz) = (28, 28, 8) 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-1221828
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