Large magnetocaloric effect in La(FexSi1-x)13 itinerant-electron metamagnetic compounds
Large magnetocaloric effect in La(FexSi1-x)13 itinerant-electron metamagnetic compounds
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DOI:
10.1063/1.1498148
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发表时间:
2002-08-12
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4
通讯作者:
Fukamichi, K
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作者:
Fujieda, S;Fujita, A;Fukamichi, K
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 DeltaS(m) and the adiabatic temperature change DeltaT(ad) for the compound with x=0.90 are -28 J/kg K 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. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.