Magnetic properties and magnetic entropy changes of La1-xPrxFe11.5Si1.5 compounds with 0≤x≤ 0.5
Shen Jun (沈俊)a)b)†, Gao Bo (高博)b), Yan Li-Qin (闫丽琴)b), Li Yang-Xian (李养贤)a), Zhang Hong-Wei (张宏伟)b), Hu Feng-Xia (胡凤霞)b), and Sun Ji-Rong (孙继荣)b)
a School of Material Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China; b State Key Laboratory for Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
Abstract Magnetic properties and magnetic entropy changes in LaFe$_{11.5}$Si$_{1.5}$ have been investigated by partially substituting Pr by La. It is found that La$_{1 - x}$Pr$_{x}$Fe$_{11.5}$Si$_{1.5}$ compounds remain cubic NaZn$_{13}$-type structures even when the Pr content is increased to 0.5, i.e. $x = 0.5$. Substitution of Pr for La leads to a reduction in both the crystal constant and the Curie temperature. A stepwise magnetic behaviour in the isothermal magnetization curves is observed, indicating that the characteristic of the itinerant electron metamagnetic (IEM) transition above TC becomes more prominent with the Pr content increasing. As a result, the magnetic entropy change is remarkably enhanced from 23.0 to 29.4 J/kg$\cdot$K as the field changes from 0 to 5 T, with the value of $x$ increasing from 0 to 0.5. It is more attractive that the magnetic entropy changes for all samples are shaped into high plateaus in a wide range of temperature, which is highly favourable for Ericsson-type magnetic refrigeration.
(Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects)
Fund: Project
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant
No 50571112), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No
2006CB601101) and the Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant
No KJCX2-YW-W02).
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Shen Jun (沈俊), Gao Bo (高博), Yan Li-Qin (闫丽琴), Li Yang-Xian (李养贤), Zhang Hong-Wei (张宏伟), Hu Feng-Xia (胡凤霞), and Sun Ji-Rong (孙继荣) Magnetic properties and magnetic entropy changes of La1-xPrxFe11.5Si1.5 compounds with 0≤x≤ 0.5 2007 Chinese Physics 16 3848
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