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 language | English |
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Article number | 037503 |
Journal | Chinese Physics B |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- magnetic entropy change
- magnetic phase transformation
- magnetocaloric effect