Inverse and normal magnetocaloric effects in LaFe{sub 12}B{sub 6}
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inst NEEL, F-38042 Grenoble (France)
Intrinsic magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect were studied for LaFe{sub 12}B{sub 6} itinerant-electron system, which presents an antiferromagnetic ground state below 36 K. For certain magnetic fields values, LaFe{sub 12}B{sub 6} exhibits a sequence of two successive magnetic transitions: an antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic (AFM-FM) transition at low temperature followed by a ferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition, leading to normal and inverse magnetocaloric effects, respectively. At finite temperatures, both antiferromagnetic (AFM) and paramagnetic states can be transformed into a ferromagnetic (FM) state via a field-induced metamagnetic transition accompanied with a huge magnetic hysteresis. Moreover, we reveal that, at low temperatures, the magnetization displays abrupt jumps across the first-order AFM-FM transition, giving rise to an unusual and unique staircase-like behavior. LaFe{sub 12}B{sub 6} exhibits both normal magnetocaloric effect around the Curie temperature and large inverse magnetocaloric effect around the AFM-FM transition temperature; for μ{sub 0}ΔH = 7 T, ΔS{sub M} is found to be −6.8 and 19 J kg{sup −1} K{sup −1} around 38 and 8 K, respectively.
- OSTI ID:
- 22596748
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 119, Issue 21; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
CURIE POINT
ELECTRONS
GROUND STATES
HYSTERESIS
IRON BORIDES
LANTHANUM BORIDES
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MAGNETIZATION
PARAMAGNETISM
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