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Chin. Phys. B, 2015, Vol. 24(12): 127504    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/12/127504
Special Issue: TOPICAL REVIEW — Magnetism, magnetic materials, and interdisciplinary research
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Magnetocaloric effects in RTX intermetallic compounds (R=Gd-Tm, T=Fe-Cu and Pd, X=Al and Si)

Zhang Hu (张虎)a b, Shen Bao-Gen (沈保根)b
a School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
b State Key Laboratory for Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Abstract  

The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of RTSi and RTAl systems with R=Gd-Tm, T=Fe-Cu and Pd, which have been widely investigated in recent years, is reviewed. It is found that these RTX compounds exhibit various crystal structures and magnetic properties, which then result in different MCE. Large MCE has been observed not only in the typical ferromagnetic materials but also in the antiferromagnetic materials. The magnetic properties have been studied in detail to discuss the physical mechanism of large MCE in RTX compounds. Particularly, some RTX compounds such as ErFeSi, HoCuSi, HoCuAl exhibit large reversible MCE under low magnetic field change, which suggests that these compounds could be promising materials for magnetic refrigeration in a low temperature range.

Keywords:  rare-earth compounds      magnetocaloric effect      magnetic entropy change      magnetic property  
Received:  11 October 2015      Revised:  20 October 2015      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  75.30.Sg (Magnetocaloric effect, magnetic cooling)  
  75.50.Cc (Other ferromagnetic metals and alloys)  
  75.50.Ee (Antiferromagnetics)  
Fund: 

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51371026, 11274357, and 51327806) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Nos. FRF-TP-14-011A2 and FRF-TP-15-002A3).

Corresponding Authors:  Zhang Hu, Shen Bao-Gen     E-mail:  zhanghu@ustb.edu.cn;shenbg@aphy.iphy.ac.cn

Cite this article: 

Zhang Hu (张虎), Shen Bao-Gen (沈保根) Magnetocaloric effects in RTX intermetallic compounds (R=Gd-Tm, T=Fe-Cu and Pd, X=Al and Si) 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 127504

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