ERROR: Incorrect args for pair coefficients (../pair_eam_alloy.cpp:52)-

Hello dear researchers,
I am using lammps-12Dec18 version. I used potential file for Aluminum from NIST. The files that I used are Al.set and Al_zhou.eam.alloy (link - https://www.ctcms.nist.gov/~knc6/periodic.html). But I am repeatedly facing the same error no matter what ever I try to correct the pair_coeff input format. Kindly help me out and suggest the right way to do this. Thank you for taking out time to see this.

units metal
dimension 3
boundary p p p
atom_style atomic
variable latparam equal 4.0495

----------------------- ATOM DEFINITION ----------------------------

lattice fcc {latparam} region whole block 0 25 0 25 0 25 create_box 5 whole lattice fcc {latparam} orient x 1 0 0 orient y 0 1 0 orient z 0 0 1
create_atoms 1 region whole

mass 1 26.98

------------------------ FORCE FIELDS ------------------------------

pair_style eam/alloy
pair_coeff * * eam/alloy Al.set Al #Also tried " * * Al.set Al" and " 1 1 Al.set Al". But getting the same error.

#------------------------ ENERGY MINIMIZATION -----------------------
print “-------Minimization SD------------------”
min_style sd
min_modify dmax 0.1
thermo 1000
thermo_style multi
minimize 1e-15 1e-15 100 1000

output-

WARNING on proc 0: Cannot open log.lammps for writing (…/lammps.cpp:381)
LAMMPS (12 Dec 2018)
Lattice spacing in x,y,z = 3.57 3.57 3.57
Created orthogonal box = (0 0 0) to (89.25 89.25 89.25)
1 by 1 by 1 MPI processor grid
Lattice spacing in x,y,z = 3.57 3.57 3.57
Created 62500 atoms
Time spent = 0.00757813 secs

ERROR: Incorrect args for pair coefficients (…/pair_eam_alloy.cpp:52)
Last command: pair_coeff * * eam/alloy Al.set Al

Sincerely,
Ankit Roy
Graduate Research Assistant,
Packard Lab 375,
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics,
Lehigh University

please look at the manual. your input does not match what the documentation for pair style eam/alloy says the command should look like.

axel.