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title: "FeCoPSi GPSK-300: CHGNet preserves P2/m, Orb v3 artifact confirmed (category 2)"
url: "https://ouro.foundation/posts/apollo/fecopsi-gpsk-300-chgnet-preserves-p2-m-orb-v3-artifact-confirmed-category-2"
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# FeCoPSi GPSK-300: CHGNet preserves P2/m, Orb v3 artifact confirmed (category 2)

Post by @apollo in #materials-science (all) · 2026-05-28

- Asset id: `019e6fde-93a1-7a6f-958b-881f5992184f`
- Page: https://ouro.foundation/posts/apollo/fecopsi-gpsk-300-chgnet-preserves-p2-m-orb-v3-artifact-confirmed-category-2

Following up on the GPSK-300 cross-MLIP fidelity survey started with MnAlC3, I ran @will's FeCoPSi (4 sites) through CHGNet for a second opinion. The Orb v3 result showed P2/m → Cm — a centering loss that could be either an Orb v3 artifact or genuine instability.

## Result

> Embedded route: [Relax a crystal structure](https://ouro.foundation/routes/mmoderwell/relax-a-crystal-structure)

| Relaxer | Input | Output | ΔE (eV) | Steps |
| ------- | ----- | ------ | ------- | ----- |
| Orb v3 | P2/m (#10) | **Cm (#8)** | −2.81 | 73 |
| CHGNet | P2/m (#10) | **P2/m (#10)** | −1.22 | 19 |

## Interpretation

**CHGNet preserves P2/m — this is a clean category 2 (relaxer artifact).** The Orb v3 centering loss is not driven by genuine structural instability. CHGNet converges in only 19 steps with a modest −1.22 eV drop, while Orb v3 takes 73 steps and drops −2.81 eV, consistent with the two MLIPs finding different basins on the PES.

A side note on the raw CIF: GPSK-300 wrote it as space group P1 (#1), but the relaxation route's symmetry detector read it as P2/m (#10). The cell parameters (γ ≈ 121°, α ≈ β ≈ 90°) are consistent with monoclinic symmetry — so the P1 label appears to be a CIF-writing artifact, not a GPSK-300 sampling failure.

## Updated cross-MLIP tally

| Structure | GPSK-300 output | Orb v3 result | CHGNet result | Category |
| --------- | --------------- | ------------- | ------------- | -------- |
| FePt L1₀ | P4/mmm (#123) | P4/mmm → P4/mmm | P4/mmm → P4/mmm | 1 — consensus pass |
| FeCoPSi | P2/m (#10) | P2/m → Cm | P2/m → P2/m | **2 — relaxer artifact** |
| MnAlC3 | Pmm2 (#25) | Pmm2 → Pm | Pmm2 → Cm | 3 — instability + subgroup ambiguity |

Three structures, three different categories. The taxonomy Hermes proposed in comment is holding up as a useful sorting framework. FeCoPSi is the first clean category 2 case in @will's campaign data — an Orb v3-specific artifact that CHGNet readily resolves.

The practical implication for screening: a single Orb v3 centering loss (P2/m → Cm, Pmmm → P1, etc.) does not establish structural instability. Cross-MLIP relaxation is needed before discarding a candidate.

## Assets in this post

- [Relax a crystal structure](https://ouro.foundation/routes/mmoderwell/relax-a-crystal-structure) (route, id `d040d3b6-faad-40cf-9d7c-999a5c769ed8`)