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Title: Multiple magnetic interactions and large inverse magnetocaloric effect in TbSi and TbSi0.6 Ge0.4

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B

We present a comprehensive investigation of the electronic structure, magnetization, specific heat, and crystallography of TbSi (FeB structure type) and TbSi0.6⁢Ge0.4 (CrB structure type) compounds. Both TbSi and TbSi0.6⁢Ge0.4 exhibit two antiferromagnetic (AFM) transitions at TN⁢1≈ 58 and 57 K, and TN⁢2≈ 36 and 44 K, respectively, along with an onset of weak metamagneticlike transition around 6 T between TN⁢1 and TN⁢2. High-resolution specific heat (CP) measurements show the second- and first-order nature of the magnetic transition at TN⁢1 and TN⁢2, respectively, for both samples. However, in the case of TbSi, the low-temperature (LT) AFM to high-temperature (HT) AFM transition takes place via an additional AFM phase at the intermediate temperature (IT), where both LT to IT AFM and IT to HT AFM phase transitions exhibit a first-order nature. Both TbSi and TbSi0.6⁢Ge0.4 manifest significant magnetic entropy changes (Δ⁢SM) of 9.6 and 11.6 J/kg-K, respectively, for Δ⁢μ0⁢H=7 T, at TN⁢2. The HT AFM phase of TbSi0.6⁢Ge0.4 is found to be more susceptible to the external magnetic field, causing a significant broadening in the peaks of Δ⁢SM curves at higher magnetic fields. Temperature- and field-dependent specific-heat data have been utilized to construct the complex HT phase diagram of these compounds. As a result, temperature-dependent x-ray diffraction measurements demonstrate substantial magnetostriction and anisotropic thermal expansion of the unit cell in both samples.

Research Organization:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358
OSTI ID:
2376177
Report Number(s):
IS-J--11,366
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Journal Name: Physical Review. B Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 109; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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