Large magnetocaloric effects and Landau coefficients of itinerant electron metamagnetic La(FexSi1-x)13 compounds

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3490-3492

  Fujita, A ^a   Fukamichi, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Itinerant electron metamagnetic transition; Landau expansion; Magnetocaloric effects

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENTROPY; FERROMAGNETISM; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; PARAMAGNETISM; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ITINERANT ELECTRON METAMAGNETIC TRANSITION; LANDAU EXPANSION; MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECTS; THERMAL ACTIVATION;

METAMAGNETISM;

EID: 27744581030     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.854764     Document Type: Article

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