<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all:<br></div>Thanks Prof. Blaha for your response! I did what you suggested. But the problem is still there. I tried to decrease the RMT in StructGen in w2web by setting &quot;reduce RMTs by 30%&quot;. More larger values will make the core electrons leaking. In volume search I used -20% to 3%. Smaller volume will cause error in calculation. The structure file and calculated energies are listed bellow.  In StructGen I used 1 unequavalent atom and two positions. There is no error reported in calculation.<br>
<br>NMhcpNi-6                                                                      <br>H   LATTICE,NONEQUIV.ATOMS:  1                                                 <br>MODE OF CALC=RELA unit=ang                                                     <br>
  5.059270  5.059270  8.288348 90.000000 90.000000120.000000<br>ATOM  -1: X=0.33333333 Y=0.66666667 Z=0.75000000                               <br>          MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 4                                           <br>
      -1: X=0.66666667 Y=0.33333333 Z=0.25000000                               <br>Ni         NPT=  781  R0=0.00005000 RMT=    1.7400   Z: 28.0                   <br>LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>
                     0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000                             <br>                     0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000                             <br>  24      NUMBER OF SYMMETRY OPERATIONS                                        <br>
-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>-1 1 0-0.00000001                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.00000000                                                              <br>
       1                                                                       <br>-1 1 0-0.00000001                                                              <br>-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
 0 0 1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       2                                                                       <br>-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
 0-1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       3                                                                       <br>
-1 1 0-0.00000001                                                              <br> 0 1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.00000000                                                              <br>
       4                                                                       <br> 0-1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
 0 0 1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       5                                                                       <br> 0 1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
-1 1 0-0.00000001                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       6                                                                       <br>
 0-1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 1-1 0 0.00000001                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.00000000                                                              <br>
       7                                                                       <br> 0 1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
 0 0-1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       8                                                                       <br> 1-1 0 0.00000001                                                              <br>
 0-1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.00000000                                                              <br>       9                                                                       <br>
 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.00000000                                                              <br>
      10                                                                       <br> 1-1 0 0.00000001                                                              <br> 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
 0 0-1 0.00000000                                                              <br>      11                                                                       <br> 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
 1-1 0 0.00000001                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.00000000                                                              <br>      12                                                                       <br>
 0 1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>-1 1 0-0.00000001                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.50000000                                                              <br>
      13                                                                       <br> 0-1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 1-1 0 0.00000001                                                              <br>
 0 0-1 0.50000000                                                              <br>      14                                                                       <br>-1 1 0-0.00000001                                                              <br>
 0 1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.50000000                                                              <br>      15                                                                       <br>
-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>-1 1 0-0.00000001                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.50000000                                                              <br>
      16                                                                       <br> 0 1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
 0 0 1 0.50000000                                                              <br>      17                                                                       <br> 0-1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.50000000                                                              <br>      18                                                                       <br>
 1-1 0 0.00000001                                                              <br> 0-1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.50000000                                                              <br>
      19                                                                       <br> 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
 0 0-1 0.50000000                                                              <br>      20                                                                       <br>-1 1 0-0.00000001                                                              <br>
-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.50000000                                                              <br>      21                                                                       <br>
-1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0-1 0 0.00000000                                                              <br> 0 0 1 0.50000000                                                              <br>
      22                                                                       <br> 1-1 0 0.00000001                                                              <br> 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
 0 0 1 0.50000000                                                              <br>      23                                                                       <br> 1 0 0 0.00000000                                                              <br>
 1-1 0 0.00000001                                                              <br> 0 0-1 0.50000000                                                              <br>      24                                                                       <br>
<br><br>Equation of state: EOS2 (PRB52,8064)        info           7<br> a,b,c,d     -6054.753720      -428.329295      2151.094721     -3607.383690<br> V0,B(GPa),BP,E0            NaN            NaN            NaN<br> <br>
 Equation of state: Murnaghan                info           5<br> E=E0+[B*V/BP*(1/(BP-1)*(V0/V)**BP +1)-B*V0/(BP-1)]/14703.6<br> Pressure=B/BP*((V0/V)**BP -1)<br> V0,B(GPa),BP,E0     41942.4452        -8.0968        -0.3709      -6066.576702<br>
         vol       energy         de(EOS2)      de(Murnaghan)  Pressure(GPa)<br>     151.6198    -6083.219846    -0.000408     0.000558        -19.117<br>     142.7010    -6083.226930     0.000115    -0.003972        -19.177<br>
     173.0250    -6083.192747    -0.000502     0.001188        -18.981<br>     167.6737    -6083.201851     0.000263     0.003379        -19.014<br>     162.3224    -6083.209345     0.000487     0.003947        -19.047<br>
     178.3763    -6083.183679    -0.000168    -0.000978        -18.948<br>     183.7276    -6083.173611     0.000212    -0.004155        -18.916<br>                  Sigma:          0.000340     0.002993<br> <br> Equation of state: Birch-Murnaghan                info           7<br>
 E = E0 + 9/16*(B/14703.6)*V0*[(eta**2-1)**3*BP + (eta**2-1)**2*(6-4*eta**2)]<br>        --&gt; eta = (V0/V)**(1/3)<br> Pressure = 3/2*B*(eta**7 - eta**5)*(1 + 3/4*(BP-4)*[eta**2 - 1])<br> V0,B(GPa),BP,E0    220684.5007        -0.0000         3.9901      -6082.514657<br>
         vol       energy         de(Birch-Murnaghan)  Pressure(GPa)<br>     151.6198    -6083.219846    -0.001343              -12.912<br>     142.7010    -6083.226930     0.000568               -3.503<br>     173.0250    -6083.192747     0.000077              -24.292<br>
     167.6737    -6083.201851     0.000654              -22.479<br>     162.3224    -6083.209345     0.000384              -20.079<br>     178.3763    -6083.183679     0.000107              -25.634<br>     183.7276    -6083.173611    -0.000446              -26.596<br>
                  Sigma:          0.000646<br><br></div>