POSCAR and CONTCAR difference

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odkhuu

POSCAR and CONTCAR difference

#1 Post by odkhuu » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:08 pm

Hello all,
I am just starting to calculate by VASP and i calculated surfaces. So in my CONTCAR, positions of z-axis of same atoms in the same layer are small different, and also their atoms magnetic moment in OUTCAR are different. Why is it, I have some problem in calculation or is it physics problem, please tell me.
here is my CONTCAR,
0.0000000000000 0.0000000000000 - 0.0098121240642 T T T
0.5000000000000 0.5000000000000 -0.0098121240642 T T T
0.2500000000000 0.7500000000000 0.0593520650125 T T T
0.7500000000000 0.2500000000000 0.0593520650125 T T T
0.5000000000000 0.0000000000000 0.1280833087773 T T T
0.0000000000000 0.5000000000000 0.1280833087773 T T T
0.2500000000000 0.2500000000000 0.1957929660194 T T T
0.7500000000000 0.7500000000000 0.1957929660194 T T T
0.0000000000000 0.0000000000000 0.2648801935857 T T T
0.5000000000000 0.5000000000000 0.2648801935857 T T T
0.2500000000000 0.7500000000000 0.3442688116728 T T T
0.7500000000000 0.2500000000000 0.3442688116728 T T T
0.2500000000000 0.2500000000000 0.4880363541751 T T T
0.7500000000000 0.7500000000000 0.4880363541751 T T T
0.2500000000000 0.2500000000000 0.3344320197246 T T T
0.7500000000000 0.7500000000000 0.3344320197246 T T T
0.0000000000000 0.0000000000000 0.4159744475897 T T T
0.5000000000000 0.0000000000000 0.4143085859092 T T T
0.0000000000000 0.5000000000000 0.4143085859092 T T T
0.5000000000000 0.5000000000000 0.4159744475897 T T T
0.2500000000000 0.7500000000000 0.4919969298749 T T T
0.7500000000000 0.2500000000000 0.4919969298749 T T T
0.0000000000000 0.0000000000000 0.5685080984880 T T T
0.5000000000000 0.0000000000000 0.5676863432350 T T T
0.0000000000000 0.5000000000000 0.5676863432350 T T T
0.5000000000000 0.5000000000000 0.5685080984880 T T T.

I did in POSCAR file same values for 11,12,15,16th rows(same layer's atoms position)and 13,14,21,22th rows and 17,18,19,20th rows and last four rows.
Last edited by odkhuu on Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: POSCAR and CONTCAR difference

#2 Post by support_vasp » Wed Sep 11, 2024 1:46 pm

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