---
title: "Zr₆Fe₁₂Si₄C, PBE-relaxed (U₆Co₁₂Ge₄C type, Im-3m)"
description: "New cubic carbide, 23-atom primitive cell relaxed in PBE (ABACUS, TZDP, k-spacing 0.2, forces < 0.04 eV/Å). 5.7 meV/atom below the hull of our computed competitors (filled G phase Zr₆Fe₁₆Si₇C, ZrFe₂, Zr₂Fe₃Si, ZrC); no imaginary phonon modes. Relaxed from the Orb geometry in this file's family. Sun-"
url: "https://ouro.foundation/files/mmoderwell/zr6fe12si4c-pbe-relaxed-u6co12ge4c-type-im-3m"
id: "5878fb40-f2c0-4dc3-b9e9-49bc33b88c9f"
type: "file"
---

# Zr₆Fe₁₂Si₄C, PBE-relaxed (U₆Co₁₂Ge₄C type, Im-3m)

File by @mmoderwell in #permanent-magnets (all) · .cif · 2.6 KB · Zr6Fe12Si4C

- Asset id: `5878fb40-f2c0-4dc3-b9e9-49bc33b88c9f`
- Page: https://ouro.foundation/files/mmoderwell/zr6fe12si4c-pbe-relaxed-u6co12ge4c-type-im-3m

New cubic carbide, 23-atom primitive cell relaxed in PBE (ABACUS, TZDP, k-spacing 0.2, forces < 0.04 eV/Å). 5.7 meV/atom below the hull of our computed competitors (filled G phase Zr₆Fe₁₆Si₇C, ZrFe₂, Zr₂Fe₃Si, ZrC); no imaginary phonon modes. Relaxed from the Orb geometry in this file's family. Sun-tetragonal campaign, loop 5.

## Structure

- Formula: Zr6Fe12Si4C
- Space group: Im-3m (#229)
- Lattice: a 7.3865, b 7.3865, c 7.3865 Å; α 109.47, β 109.47, γ 109.47°
- Atoms in the cell: 23
- Volume: 310.235 Å³
- Density: 7.182 g/cm³

## Contents

```cif
# generated using pymatgen
data_Zr6Fe12Si4C
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.38648388
_cell_length_b   7.38648388
_cell_length_c   7.38648388
_cell_angle_alpha   109.47122063
_cell_angle_beta   109.47122063
_cell_angle_gamma   109.47122063
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Zr6Fe12Si4C
_chemical_formula_sum   'Zr6 Fe12 Si4 C1'
_cell_volume   310.23541439
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_type_symbol
 _atom_type_oxidation_number
  Zr  0.0
  Fe  0.0
  Si  0.0
  C  0.0
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
  Zr  Zr0  1  0.27007946  0.27007946  0.00000000  1.0
  Zr  Zr1  1  0.72992054  0.72992054  0.00000000  1.0
  Zr  Zr2  1  0.00000000  0.27007946  0.27007946  1.0
  Zr  Zr3  1  0.00000000  0.72992054  0.72992054  1.0
  Zr  Zr4  1  0.27007946  0.00000000  0.27007946  1.0
  Zr  Zr5  1  0.72992054  0.00000000  0.72992054  1.0
  Fe  Fe6  1  0.00000000  0.66250689  0.33749311  1.0
  Fe  Fe7  1  0.00000000  0.33749311  0.66250689  1.0
  Fe  Fe8  1  0.66250689  0.32501377  0.66250689  1.0
  Fe  Fe9  1  0.33749311  0.67498623  0.33749311  1.0
  Fe  Fe10  1  0.32501377  0.66250689  0.66250689  1.0
  Fe  Fe11  1  0.67498623  0.33749311  0.33749311  1.0
  Fe  Fe12  1  0.66250689  0.00000000  0.33749311  1.0
  Fe  Fe13  1  0.33749311  0.00000000  0.66250689  1.0
  Fe  Fe14  1  0.66250689  0.66250689  0.32501377  1.0
  Fe  Fe15  1  0.33749311  0.33749311  0.67498623  1.0
  Fe  Fe16  1  0.33749311  0.66250689  0.00000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe17  1  0.66250689  0.33749311  0.00000000  1.0
  Si  Si18  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Si  Si19  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Si  Si20  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Si  Si21  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  C  C22  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
loop_
 _atom_site_moment_label
 _atom_site_moment_crystalaxis_x
 _atom_site_moment_crystalaxis_y
 _atom_site_moment_crystalaxis_z
  Fe6  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.76880000
  Fe7  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.76880000
  Fe8  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.69510000
  Fe9  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.69510000
  Fe10  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.77230000
  Fe11  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.77230000
  Fe12  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.76770000
  Fe13  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.76770000
  Fe14  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.62200000
  Fe15  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.62200000
  Fe16  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.77480000
  Fe17  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.77480000
```

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