Journal
CRYSTALS
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cryst12040481
Keywords
intermetallic rare-earth transition-metal compounds; phase transitions; phenomenological model
Funding
- Deanship of Scientific Research, Qassim University
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In this study, the crystal structure, magnetic properties, and magnetocaloric effect of SmNi3-xFex intermetallic compounds were investigated. The experimental and theoretical results showed consistency and revealed the effects of element substitution on the crystal structure and magnetic properties.
In this study, we investigate the crystal structure, magnetic, and magnetocaloric effect properties in the intermetallic compounds SmNi3-xFex using a phenomenological model based on Landau mean-field theory and Maxwell relation (conventional method). SmNi3-xFex compounds were prepared under high pure argon by arc melting. To minimize the amount of other possible impurity phases, the ingots were heat-treated at 1073 K for seven days. X-ray diffraction (XRD) under and without an applied magnetic field was used for the structural study. Rietveld analysis with FullProf computer code was used to analyze X-ray diffraction data. The magnetization against temperature was measured under several applied magnetic fields. After the partial substitutions of nickel atom with iron one, we notice an increase of cell parameters. In addition, Curie temperature value increases significantly with the increase of iron content. According to the Landau model, SmNi(3-x)Fe(x )compounds exhibit a second-order magnetic phase transition. The magnetic entropy change was determined with theoretical and experimental methods. Finally, a comparison between theoretical magnetic entropy change and the experimental show an agreement between the two methods.
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