[Wien] large deviation of atomic volume in BiNi compound

[Fecher, Gerhard]

It seems the hexagonal structure is from a 1962 publication (some journal where I do not have acceess)
there is a much more recent determination from 1999 (ZAAC 625 page 2050) by Ruck
that tells it is a much more complicated structure in space group F 1 2/m 1 (no. 12)
the XRD pattern for both structures shown in Pearsons Handbook are very similar, therfore one may assume that the hexagonal structure might not be the correct one

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Gerhard

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Dr. Gerhard H. Fecher
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Johannes Gutenberg - University
55099 Mainz
and
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Since you ask for ideas and without really looking at the problem:
Assuming that the experimental numbers are correct, is this a room
temperature structure? The calculations are, of course, ground state
zero Kelvin, so things might go south if there is a phase transition
somewhere. Considering the elements you deal with maybe magnetic? What
are the forces in your calculations?

Good luck,

Martin


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Am 10.11.2015 10:21, schrieb Tomas Kana:
> Dear Wien2k users,
>
> I came across a problem with equilibrium atomic volume of
>
> the BiNi compound. The experimental lattice is hexagonal
>
> with a = 4.079 Angstroem, c = 5.359 Angstroem
>
> (P. Villars, Pearson's Handbook: Crystallographic Data for
> Intermetallic Phases)
>
> However, the equilibrium volume turns out to be more
>
> than 16 % higher than the experimental one.
>
> I wonder since the equilibrium volume of
>
> pure Bi and Bi3Ni comes out with much better agreement with
>
> experiment (about 4 to 5 % deviation).
> I used GGA (no spin orbit coupling),
>
> Rmt*Kmax = 8.8, lmax = 10, Gmax = 16, 5000 k-points in the
>
> whole Brillouin zone. I enclosethe structure file in attachment.
>
> I tried LDA that gives better agreement with experiment
>
> (about 10 % deviation) but I think this is still too much. I have
> tried
>
> to use gaussian smearing instead of the tetrahedron method,
> increase Rmt*Kmax to 11, increase k-points to 20 000 in the whole
> Brillouin zone but nothing helped.
> In the mailing list I found someone had similar problem with a more
> complicated structure containing bismuth, but that was not solved:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/wien%40zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/msg10479.html
> Do you have any idea?
> Thank you in advance
> With best regards
> Tomas Kana
> Institute of Physics of Materials,
> Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
> Brno, Czech Republic
>
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