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Enhancement of magnetocaloric effect in the Gd2Al phase by Co alloying
Journal of Applied Physics
  • Z. Y. Huang, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  • H. Fu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  • Ravi L. Hadimani, Iowa State University
  • E. Agurgo Balfour, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  • S. N. Dembele, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  • B. H. Teng, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  • David C. Jiles, Iowa State University
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Article
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Publication Date
1-1-2014
DOI
10.1063/1.4900782
Abstract

To understand the effect of Co doping on the magnetic entropy changes in Gd2 Al phase, a series of Gd2AlCox alloys with 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.6 were synthesized by arc-melting and the crystal structure was analyzed by XRD. The magnetic properties were investigated, and the entropychanges were calculated for a magnetic field change of 50 kOe. All the as-cast alloys dopedwith Co exhibited greater magnetic entropy changes than the original binary Gd2 Al phase. The main reasons attributed to this are the increase of ferromagnetic interaction indicated by the disappearance of cusp and sharp drop in magnetization and the reduction of the critical field required to trigger the field-induced transition below 50 K in Gd2 Al phase after Co alloying.

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The following article appeared in J. Appl. Phys. 116, 183908 (2014) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4900782.

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2014
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Z. Y. Huang, H. Fu, Ravi L. Hadimani, E. Agurgo Balfour, et al.. "Enhancement of magnetocaloric effect in the Gd2Al phase by Co alloying" Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 116 Iss. 18 (2014) p. 183908
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