Abstract The LaFe11.5Si1.5H1.3 interstitial compound has been prepared. Its Curie temperature TC (288 K) has been adjusted to around room temperature, and the maximal magnetic entropy change (|ΔS|~17.0 J·kg-1·K-1 at TC) is larger than that of Gd (|ΔS|~9.8 J·kg-1·K-1 at TC=293 K) by ~73.5% under a magnetic change from 0 to 5 T. The origin of the large magnetic entropy change is attributed to the first-order field-induced itinerant-electron metamagnetic transition. Moreover, the magnetic hysteresis of LaFe11.5Si1.5H1.3 under the increase and decrease of the field is very small, which is favourable to magnetic refrigeration application. The present study suggests that the LaFe11.5Si1.5H1.3 compound is a promising candidate as a room-temperature magnetic refrigerant.
Received: 04 May 2002
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PACS:
75.30.Kz
(Magnetic phase boundaries (including classical and quantum magnetic transitions, metamagnetism, etc.))
(Cryogenics; refrigerators, low-temperature detectors, and other low-temperature equipment)
Fund: Project supported by the State Key Programme of Basic Research of China (973) (Grant No G1998061303) and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10174094).
Cite this article:
Chen Yuan-Fu (陈远富), Wang Fang (王芳), Shen Bao-Gen (沈保根), Hu Feng-Xia (胡凤霞), Cheng Zhao-Hua (成昭华), Wang Guang-Jun (王光军), Sun Ji-Rong (孙继荣) Large magnetic entropy change near room temperature in the LaFe11.5Si1.5H1.3 interstitial compound 2002 Chinese Physics 11 741
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