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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Dear Wien2k users, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Initially, I did the total energy calculation of hcp Zirconium with c/a
optimization. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>I had updated the command in the optimize.job <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Run_lapw –cc 0.0001 –ec 0.0001 –so <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>I got a fairly good plot of energy vs c/a. The equilibrium energy with
optimized c/a was -7198.44622432 Ry/atom <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>I did the same job for fcc zirconium (metastable state) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>I did the volume optimization with the command in the optimize.job<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Run_lapw –cc 0.0001 –ec 0.0001 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Without spin orbit coupling <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>The equilibrium energy was -7198.427610 Ry/atom <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>If we take the difference, it comes out to be -0.01861432 Ry/atom. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>If we convert to kJ/mol, it comes out to be -24.435 kJ/mol (multiply
Ry/atom by 13.6 eV and 96.48846 kJ/mol) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>The difference seems to be very large. The difference is reported to be
-3.69 eV/atom by VASP. (PAW-GGA) {CALPHAD, 28 (2004) 78-90}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Can anybody tell me as to why I am getting such a high value of the
lattice stability? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Is it because of the incorporation of spin orbit coupling? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>I had initially used the in1new switch to get the best linearization
energies for both the cases, still I am getting such a high value<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Any suggestions?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Suddhasattwa <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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