ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
We have studied the temperature (T) and field (H) dependence of the magnetocaloric effect in a bulk amorphous Pd40Ni22.5Fe17.5P20 alloy. With decreasing T, and depending on H, the alloy exhibits superparamagnetic, field-induced ferromagnetic, and spin-glass behavior. The temperature-dependence of the magnetic entropy change, ΔS=S(H)−S(H=0), exhibits extreme values: a minimum at the superparamagnetic-to-ferromagnetic transition and a maximum at the ferromagnetic-to-spin-glass transition. At 80 K, and for H=50 kOe, the entropy change is −0.029 kB per Fe atom in the alloy. This value compares favorably with that measured in other crystalline and amorphous Fe-based alloys, but it is lower than that measured in some rare-earth elements. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1456957
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