---
title: "Gd2Co17 (mp-1201816, P6_3/mmc)"
description: "Materials Project GGA structure of Th2Ni17-type Gd2Co17, unmodified. Experimental phase, but MP puts it 0.72 eV/atom above the hull, an artifact of GGA treatment of Gd 4f. Measured K1 is negative at room temperature (easy plane)."
url: "https://ouro.foundation/files/mmoderwell/gd2co17-mp-1201816-p6-3-mmc"
id: "7f6432a2-91a2-4366-ba2e-e9173d02095b"
type: "file"
---

# Gd2Co17 (mp-1201816, P6_3/mmc)

File by @mmoderwell in #permanent-magnets (all) · .cif · 2.4 KB · Gd2Co17

- Asset id: `7f6432a2-91a2-4366-ba2e-e9173d02095b`
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Materials Project GGA structure of Th2Ni17-type Gd2Co17, unmodified. Experimental phase, but MP puts it 0.72 eV/atom above the hull, an artifact of GGA treatment of Gd 4f. Measured K1 is negative at room temperature (easy plane).

## Structure

- Formula: Gd2Co17
- Space group: P6_3/mmc (#194)
- Lattice: a 7.9779, b 8.229, c 8.229 Å; α 119.99, β 90, γ 90°
- Atoms in the cell: 38
- Volume: 467.9 Å³
- Density: 9.343 g/cm³

## Contents

```cif
# generated using pymatgen
data_Gd2Co17
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.977924
_cell_length_b   8.229015
_cell_length_c   8.229029
_cell_angle_alpha   119.991862
_cell_angle_beta   90.000174
_cell_angle_gamma   89.999802
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Gd2Co17
_chemical_formula_sum   'Gd4 Co34'
_cell_volume   467.899507
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Gd  Gd0  1  0.750002  0.000036  -0.000036  1.0
  Gd  Gd1  1  0.249998  -0.000036  0.000036  1.0
  Gd  Gd2  1  0.249999  0.666809  0.333190  1.0
  Gd  Gd3  1  0.750001  0.333191  0.666810  1.0
  Co  Co4  1  0.608275  0.666679  0.333321  1.0
  Co  Co5  1  0.391725  0.333321  0.666679  1.0
  Co  Co6  1  0.108277  0.333321  0.666679  1.0
  Co  Co7  1  0.891723  0.666679  0.333321  1.0
  Co  Co8  1  0.500000  0.500000  -0.000000  1.0
  Co  Co9  1  0.500000  0.500000  0.500000  1.0
  Co  Co10  1  0.500000  -0.000000  0.500000  1.0
  Co  Co11  1  -0.000000  0.500000  -0.000000  1.0
  Co  Co12  1  -0.000000  0.500000  0.500000  1.0
  Co  Co13  1  -0.000000  -0.000000  0.500000  1.0
  Co  Co14  1  0.749999  0.670695  0.047140  1.0
  Co  Co15  1  0.749999  0.376526  0.329404  1.0
  Co  Co16  1  0.749999  0.952474  0.623138  1.0
  Co  Co17  1  0.749999  0.376862  0.047526  1.0
  Co  Co18  1  0.749998  0.952861  0.329305  1.0
  Co  Co19  1  0.749999  0.670596  0.623474  1.0
  Co  Co20  1  0.250001  0.329305  0.952860  1.0
  Co  Co21  1  0.250001  0.623474  0.670596  1.0
  Co  Co22  1  0.250001  0.047526  0.376862  1.0
  Co  Co23  1  0.250001  0.623138  0.952474  1.0
  Co  Co24  1  0.250002  0.047139  0.670695  1.0
  Co  Co25  1  0.250001  0.329404  0.376526  1.0
  Co  Co26  1  0.479905  0.833883  0.667741  1.0
  Co  Co27  1  0.479778  0.833897  0.166103  1.0
  Co  Co28  1  0.479904  0.332259  0.166117  1.0
  Co  Co29  1  0.520095  0.166117  0.332259  1.0
  Co  Co30  1  0.520223  0.166103  0.833897  1.0
  Co  Co31  1  0.520096  0.667741  0.833883  1.0
  Co  Co32  1  0.979905  0.166118  0.332259  1.0
  Co  Co33  1  0.979780  0.166103  0.833897  1.0
  Co  Co34  1  0.979906  0.667740  0.833883  1.0
  Co  Co35  1  0.020095  0.833882  0.667741  1.0
  Co  Co36  1  0.020220  0.833897  0.166103  1.0
  Co  Co37  1  0.020094  0.332260  0.166117  1.0
```

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