Reduction of hysteresis losses in the magnetic refrigerant Gd 5Ge2Si2 by the addition of iron

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6994, 2004, Pages 853-857

  Provenzano, Virgil ^a   Shapiro, Alexander J ^a   Shull, Robert D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; IRON; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; REFRIGERATION;

MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION; MAGNETIC SPINS;

GADOLINIUM;

GADOLINIUM; GERMANIUM; IRON; SILICON;

IRON; MAGNETIC PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 3042793430     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02657     Document Type: Article

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