Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 552, Issue -, Pages 310-317Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2012.10.008
Keywords
Magnetocaloric; Phase transitions; Thermal analysis
Categories
Funding
- European Community [214864 (SSEEC)]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The adiabatic temperature change Delta T-ad at a field-induced first-order transition can be different when a magnetic field H is applied the first time compared to measurements under further applications of H. This can lead to overestimation of the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) if only the first field cycle is considered. In polycrystalline LaFe11.6Si1.4, for Delta mu H-0 = 1.93 T, field cycling reduces the achieved value of Delta T-ad from 7 K to about 5.8 K. A metastable entropy-temperature diagram has been constructed from experimental isofield heat capacity data, which is used to comprehensively analyze results of direct measurements of Delta T-ad(T)(0 -> H) and isothermal magnetization measurements. It is shown that the reduction in Delta T-ad by field cycling is due to the presence of two-phase states that are stabilized by thermal hysteresis. Relations between optimum operational MCE parameters of a magnetic refrigerant and the maximum available field H-avl have been obtained by the approach of an idealized first-order transition. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available