Crossover from first-order to second-order phase transitions and magnetocaloric effect in La{sub 0.7}Ca{sub 0.3}Mn{sub 0.91}Ni{sub 0.09}O{sub 3}
- Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763 (Korea, Republic of)
We have prepared La{sub 0.7}Ca{sub 0.3}Mn{sub 0.91}Ni{sub 0.09}O{sub 3} and then studied its critical behavior and magnetocaloric effect. Analyzing temperature and field dependences of magnetization around the ferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition reveals the sample undergoing the second-order magnetic phase transition with the critical parameters T{sub C} ≈ 199.4 K, β = 0.171 ± 0.006, and γ = 0.976 ± 0.012. A considerable difference of these critical exponents compared with those expected for the standard models is due to the sample exhibiting the crossover property (tricriticality); its exponent values are more close to those expected for the tricritical mean-field theory with β = 0.25 and γ = 1. Under the field 40 kOe, the maximum magnetic entropy change (−ΔS{sub max}) around T{sub C} is about 7.1 J·kg{sup −1}·K{sup −1}, corresponding to a refrigerant capacity RC ≈ 170 J/kg. Particularly, its magnetic-field dependence obeys a power law |ΔS{sub max}| ∝ H{sup n}, where n = 0.55 is quite far from the value calculated from the relation n = 1 + (β − 1)/(β + γ)
- OSTI ID:
- 22273860
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 17; Conference: 55. annual conference on magnetism and magnetic materials, Atlanta, GA (United States), 14-18 Nov 2010; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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