Abstract
The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) originated from the itinerant-electron metamagnetic transition for La(FexSi1-x)13 compounds has been investigated. With increasing Fe concentration, the MCE is enhanced and both the isothermal magnetic entropy change ΔSm and the adiabatic temperature change ΔTad for the compound with x=0.90 are -28J/kgK and 8.1 K, respectively, by changing the magnetic field from 0 to 2 T. Similar large MCE values are achieved around room temperature by controlling the Curie temperature by means of hydrogen absorption. Consequently, La(FexSi1-x)13 compounds are promising as magnetic refrigerant materials working in relatively low magnetic fields.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1276-1278 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2002 Aug 12 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)