Magnetocaloric effect in cold rolled foils of Gd100-xInx (x=0, 1, 3)

In this work we report on direct measurements of magnetocaloric effect in plastically deformed Gd-In solid solutions in the shape of foils with concentration of indium up to 3 at.%. When compared to the reference polycrystalline bulk samples, magnetocaloric effect in the cold-rolled foils of Gd100-xInx (x = 0, 1, 3) turned out to be systematically smaller. This was suggested to be due to a cold rolling-induced local magnetic anisotropy which can be diminished by an appropriate thermal treatment of the cold-rolled samples. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.