Crystal system |
cubic |
Space group number |
221 |
Hermann-Mauguin |
Pm-3m |
Hall |
-P 4 2 3 |
Point group |
m-3m |
Normalized formula |
Mn3Ge |
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 |
2 |
Structure search |
MP |
a (Å) |
3.6515 |
b (Å) |
3.6515 |
c (Å) |
3.6515 |
α (deg.) |
90.000 |
β (deg.) |
90.000 |
γ (deg.) |
90.000 |
Volume (Å3) |
48.687 |
Density (g/cm3) |
8.099 |
DFT calculations (details) | |
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Formation energy (vs. elemental phases) |
-20.2 meV/atom |
Formation energy above hull |
34.1 meV/atom |
Compounds with the same formula: Mn3Ge |
4 entries found |
Compounds with the same elements: Mn-Ge |
14 entries found |
DFT calculations (details) | |
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Magnetic ordering |
Ferromagnetic |
Total magnetic moment |
5.36 μB/cell |
Averaged magnetic moment |
1.34 μB/atom |
Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms |
1.28 T (= 1018.6 emu/cm3) |
LMTO-GF calculations (details) | |
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Curie temperature, TC |
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DFT calculations (details) | |
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Magnetic anisotropy constant, Kd-a |
-0.03 MJ/m3 (= -0.01 meV/cell) |
Magnetic easy axis |
<111> |
Magnetic hardness parameter, κ |
0.16 |
index | species | w | x | y | z | m (μB) | Esoc100 (meV) | Esoc001 (meV) |
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1 | Mn | 3c | 0.000000 | 0.500000 | 0.500000 | 1.79 | . | . |
2 | Mn | 3c | 0.500000 | 0.500000 | 0.000000 | 1.79 | . | . |
3 | Mn | 3c | 0.500000 | 0.000000 | 0.500000 | 1.79 | . | . |
4 | Ge | 1a | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | -0.10 | . | . |
site i | site j | distance (Å) | Jij (meV) | ||||
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1 | Mn | 3c | 2 | Mn | 3c | 2.58 | . |
1 | Mn | 3c | 3 | Mn | 3c | 2.58 | . |
1 | Mn | 3c | 4 | Ge | 1a | 2.58 | . |
2 | Mn | 3c | 3 | Mn | 3c | 2.58 | . |
2 | Mn | 3c | 4 | Ge | 1a | 2.58 | . |
3 | Mn | 3c | 4 | Ge | 1a | 2.58 | . |
DFT calculations |
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LMTO-GF calculations |
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References |
Materials Project: mp-20139 |