Magnetic entropy changes and relative cooling powers in GdxLa1-xNi5 compounds
I. CREANGA1,*
Affiliation
- Department of Physics, University “Politehnica” Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313,060042, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract
Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effects were studied in GdxLa1-xNi5 compounds. The Curie temperatures decrease
from TC = 35 K in GdNi5 to 9K for a sample with x = 0.2. The maximum entropy changes, in field of H = 7 T, vary from 12.8
J/kgK (x=1.0) to 5.5 J/kgK (x = 0.2). In high external field, linear dependences of the maxima in the entropy changes on H2/3
were shown as expected for compounds which show a second order type magnetic transition. The relative cooling power in
field of 7 T, decreased from 347 J/kg (x = 1.0) to 80 J/kg (x = 0.2)..
Keywords
Intermetallic compounds, Magnetocaloric effect, Magnetic properties.
Citation
I. CREANGA, Magnetic entropy changes and relative cooling powers in GdxLa1-xNi5 compounds, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 7, 9-10, September-October 2013, pp.734-737 (2013).
Submitted at: Aug. 20, 2013
Accepted at: Sept. 18, 2013