Magnetocaloric effects in <bold> RTX</bold> intermetallic compounds (<bold> R</bold> = Gd–Tm, <bold> T</bold> = Fe–Cu and Pd, <bold> X</bold> = Al and Si)

Magnetocaloric effects in RTX intermetallic compounds ( R = Gd–Tm, T = Fe–Cu and Pd, X = Al and Si)

Zhang Hu†^a),^b), Shen Bao-Gen‡^b)

Temperature dependence of ZFC and FC magnetizations under 0.05 T for R FeSi ( R = Gd–Er) compounds. The inset shows a close view of the M – T curves of TbFeSi and DyFeSi in the PM state.^{[ 14 , 21 , 22 ]}