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You can google "smearing temperature in metal" for getting more detailed information. e.g.,</div>
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note that there are serval seaming functions that can be used, so that to ask a specific number without choosing a functions is meaningless. e.g., in this work we used 0.005 Hartree Dirac smearing function to converge bulk aluminum. </div>
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you care calculating a standard testing system, you can find a lot of references on bulk aluminum first-principle calculations. You should search for them and read them, and compare your results with them. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">What does smearing and degauss actually mean? between what values shall I choose degauss value for Aluminium? Can I know a range of values?<br>
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