Critical behavior and magnetocaloric effect of Pr{sub 1−x}Ca{sub x}MnO{sub 3}
- Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763 (Korea, Republic of)
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, California 92093-0411 (United States)
- Institute of Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18-Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi (Viet Nam)
- Faculty of Engineering Physics and Nanotechnology, VNU University of Engineering and Technology, 144 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi (Viet Nam)
- Department of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 01 Dai Co Viet, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi (Viet Nam)
The critical behavior of Pr{sub 1−x}Ca{sub x}MnO{sub 3} samples with x = 0.25, 0.27, and 0.29 has been investigated. Detailed analyses of magnetic-field dependences of magnetization at temperatures around the paramagnetic-ferromagnetic transition, M(H, T), reveal that the samples undergo a second-order magnetic phase transition. The Arrott plot method predicts the values of critical parameters to be T{sub C} ≈ 118 K, β = 0.351 ± 0.003, γ = 1.372 ± 0.002, and δ = 4.90 ± 0.02 for x = 0.25; T{sub C} ≈ 116 K, β = 0.362 ± 0.002, γ = 1.132 ± 0.004, and δ = 4.09 ± 0.03 for x = 0.27; and T{sub C} ≈ 110 K, β = 0.521 ± 0.002, γ = 0.912 ± 0.005, and δ = 2.71 ± 0.02 for x = 0.29. The values of β = 0.351 (for x = 0.25) and β = 0.362 (for x = 0.27) are close to the value β = 0.365 expected for the 3D Heisenberg model, proving an existence of short-range ferromagnetic interactions in these samples. A slight increase in Ca-doping content (x = 0.29) leads to the shift of the β value (=0.521) towards that of the mean-field theory (with β = 0.5) characteristic of long-range ferromagnetic interactions. The samples also exhibit a magnetocaloric effect: around T{sub C} of Pr{sub 1−x}Ca{sub x}MnO{sub 3} compounds, magnetic-entropy change reaches the maximum values of about 5.0, 4.1, and 2.5 J kg{sup −1} K{sup −1} for x = 0.25, 0.27, and 0.29, respectively, under an applied-field change of 50 kOe. Magnetic-field dependences of the maximum magnetic-entropy change (ΔS{sub max}) obey a power law |ΔS{sub max}(H)| ∝ H{sup n}, where exponent values n = 0.68–0.74 are close to those obtained from the theoretical relation n = 1 + (β − 1)/(β + γ)
- OSTI ID:
- 22410058
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 117, Issue 17; Other Information: (c) 2015 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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