The giant magnetocaloric effect in Gd5Si2Ge 2 with low purity gadolinium

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1811-1814

  Zhang, Tiebang ^a   Chen, Yungui ^a   Fu, Hao ^a   Teng, Baohua ^b   Tang, Yongbai ^a   Tu, Mingjing ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gd5Si2Ge2; Magnetic refrigerant; Magnetocaloric effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747755608     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-349     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. 2, Phys. Rev. Lett., 1997, 78: 4494-4497.
2. Tegus, O., Brack, E., Buschow, K. H. J., de Boer, F. R., Transition-metal-based magnetic refrigerants for room-temperature applications, Nature, 2002, 415: 150-152.
3. Pecharsky, V. K., Gschneidner, Jr. K. A., Tunable magnetic regenerator alloys with a giant magnetocaloric effect for magnetic refrigeration from -20 to -290 K, Appl. Phys. Lett., 1997, 70: 3299-3301.
4. 4, J. Alloys Comp., 1997, 260: 98-106.
5. Gschneidner, Jr. K. A., Pecharsky, V. K., Magnetic refrigeration materials (invited), J. Appl. Phys., 1999, 85: 5365-5368.
6. Gschneidner, Jr. K. A., Pecharsky, A. O., Pecharsky, V. K., Lograsso, T. A., Schlagel, D. L., in Rare Earths and Actnides: Science, Technology and Application IV (eds. Bautisa, R. G., Mishra, B.), Warrendale: The Minerals, Merals and Materials Society, 2000, 63-72.
7. Gschneidner, Jr. K. A., Daanc, A. H., Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rear Earth (eds. Gschneidner, Jr. K. A., Erying, L.), Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1988, vol.11, 426.
8. 2, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127: 317-324.
9. 4, where x≅1/2, Scripta. Mater., 2002, 47: 509-514.
10. 4 alloys prepared from different purity Gd with x=0.47,5 and 0.43, Acta Materialia, 2005, 53: 2377-2383.
11. 4 system, J. Alloy. Comp., 2002, 338: 126-135.
12. 2, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2000, 84: 4617-4620.
13. 2, J. Appl. Phys., 2003, 93: 4722-4728.
14. Gschneidner, Jr. K. A., Metals, alloys and compounds-high purities do make a difference, J. Alloy. Compd., 1993, 193: 1-6.