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)

(a) Magnetization isotherms of HoFeSi compound in the temperature range of 8 K–24 K. The inset shows the fraction of FM phase as a function of temperature estimated from magnetization isotherms. (b) Temperature dependence of magnetic entropy change Δ S _M for HoFeSi compound under different magnetic field changes up to 5 T.^{[ 22 ]}