Materials Project GGA structure of CaCu5-type GdCo5, unmodified. Ferrimagnet: Gd antiparallel to Co, net ≈ 1.7 μB/f.u. at low T, Tc ≈ 1000 K. Made by arc melting; single crystals by floating zone.
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GdCo5 magnetic moments
Converged Mulliken magnetic moments as a magCIF (atomsite_moment) for visualization
Gadolinium's big moment doesn't make a permanent magnet: a literature check
Gd has the largest saturation magnetization of any common element, but only below 293 K. In Fe and Co compounds it points the wrong way, and it adds almost no anisotropy. Sources, measured values, CIFs, and what it would take to test it ourselves.
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