Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effects in HoPd intermetallic

Zhao Jun Mo, Jun Shen*, Xin Qiang Gao, Yao Liu, Jian Feng Wu, Bao Gen Shen, Ji Rong Sun

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Abstract

A large reversible magnetocaloric effect accompanied by a second order magnetic phase transition from PM to FM is observed in the HoPd compound. Under the magnetic field change of 0-5 T, the magnetic entropy change DSmaxM andthe refrigerant capacity RC for the compound are evaluated to be 20 J/(kgK) and 342 J/kg, respectively. In particular,large DSmaxM (11.3 J/(kgK)) and RC (142 J/kg) are achieved under a low magnetic field change of 0-2 T with no thermalhysteresis and magnetic hysteresis loss. The large reversible magnetocaloric effect (both the large DSM and the high RC)indicates that HoPd is a promising material for magnetic refrigeration at low temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Article number037503
JournalChinese Physics B
Volume24
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • magnetic entropy change
  • magnetic phase transformation
  • magnetocaloric effect

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