中国物理B ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (9): 97104-097104.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/9/097104

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Coexistence of positive and negative magnetic entropy changes in CeMn2(Si1-xGex)2 compounds

左文亮, 胡凤霞, 孙继荣, 沈保根   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 收稿日期:2015-05-11 修回日期:2015-06-12 出版日期:2015-09-05 发布日期:2015-09-05
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, China (Grant No. 2152034) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11274357 and 51271196).

Coexistence of positive and negative magnetic entropy changes in CeMn2(Si1-xGex)2 compounds

Zuo Wen-Liang (左文亮), Hu Feng-Xia (胡凤霞), Sun Ji-Rong (孙继荣), Shen Bao-Gen (沈保根)   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2015-05-11 Revised:2015-06-12 Online:2015-09-05 Published:2015-09-05
  • Contact: Zuo Wen-Liang, Shen Bao-Gen E-mail:wlzuo@iphy.ac.cn;shenbg@aphy.iphy.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, China (Grant No. 2152034) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11274357 and 51271196).

摘要: A series of CeMn2(Si1-xGex)2 (x=0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8) compounds are prepared by the arc-melting method. All the samples primarily crystallize in the ThCr2Si2-type structure. The temperature dependences of zero-field-cooled (ZFC) and FC magnetization measurements show a transition from antiferromagnetic (AFM) state to ferromagnetic (FM) state at room temperature with the increase of the Ge concentration. For x=0.4, the sample exhibits two kinds of phase transitions with increasing temperature: from AFM to FM and from FM to paramagnetic (PM) at around TN ~ 197 K and TC ~ 300 K, respectively. The corresponding Arrott curves indicate that the AFM-FM transition is of first-order character and the FM-PM transition is of second-order character. Meanwhile, the coexistence of positive and negative magnetic entropy changes can be observed, which are corresponding to the AFM-FM and FM-PM transitions, respectively.

关键词: magnetocaloric effect, CeMn2(Si0.6Ge0.4)2 compound, metamagnetic transition, positive entropy change

Abstract: A series of CeMn2(Si1-xGex)2 (x=0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8) compounds are prepared by the arc-melting method. All the samples primarily crystallize in the ThCr2Si2-type structure. The temperature dependences of zero-field-cooled (ZFC) and FC magnetization measurements show a transition from antiferromagnetic (AFM) state to ferromagnetic (FM) state at room temperature with the increase of the Ge concentration. For x=0.4, the sample exhibits two kinds of phase transitions with increasing temperature: from AFM to FM and from FM to paramagnetic (PM) at around TN ~ 197 K and TC ~ 300 K, respectively. The corresponding Arrott curves indicate that the AFM-FM transition is of first-order character and the FM-PM transition is of second-order character. Meanwhile, the coexistence of positive and negative magnetic entropy changes can be observed, which are corresponding to the AFM-FM and FM-PM transitions, respectively.

Key words: magnetocaloric effect, CeMn2(Si0.6Ge0.4)2 compound, metamagnetic transition, positive entropy change

中图分类号:  (Rare earth metals and alloys)

  • 71.20.Eh
75.30.Sg (Magnetocaloric effect, magnetic cooling) 75.50.Ee (Antiferromagnetics) 75.47.Np (Metals and alloys)