Influence of negative lattice expansion and metamagnetic transition on magnetic entropy change in the compound LaFe11.4Si1.6

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Hu, FX [1 ]
Shen, BG
Sun, JR
Cheng, ZH
Rao, GH
Zhang, XX
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[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, State Key Lab Magnetism, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Condensed Matter Phys, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
[3] Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
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10.1063/1.1375836
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Magnetization of the compound LaFe11.4Si1.6 with the cubic NaZn13-type structure was measured as functions of temperature and magnetic field around its Curie temperature T-C of similar to 208 K. It is found that the magnetic phase transition at T-C is completely reversible. Magnetic entropy change DeltaS, allowing one to estimate the magnetocaloric effect, was determined based on the thermodynamic Maxwell relation. The achieved magnitude of \DeltaS\ reaches 19.4 J/kg K under a field of 5 T, which exceeds that of most other materials involving a reversible magnetic transition in the corresponding temperature range. The large entropy change is ascribed to the sharp change of magnetization, which is caused by a large negative lattice expansion at the T-C. An asymmetrical broadening of \DeltaS\ peak with increasing field was observed, which is resulted from the field-induced itinerant-electron metamagnetic transition from the paramagnetic to ferromagnetic state above the T-C. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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