The influence of crystalline electric field on the magnetocaloric effect in the series RAl2 (R = Pr, Nd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er and Tm)

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 226-230, Issue PART I, 2001, Pages 970-972

  Von Ranke, P J ^a   De Oliveira, N A ^a   Tovar Costa, M V ^a   Nobrega, E P ^a   Caldas, A ^b   De Oliveira, I G ^c,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Iguacu   (Brazil)

^d Inst Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crystal field; Magnetic entropy; Magnetocaloric effect

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENTROPY; ERBIUM; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; HAMILTONIANS; MAGNETISM; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANOMALOUS PEAKS; APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; CRYSTAL FIELDS; CRYSTALLINE ELECTRIC FIELDS; CRYSTALLINE ELECTRICAL FIELDS; MAGNETIC ENTROPY; MAGNETIC ENTROPY CHANGE; THEORETICAL MODELING;

MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECTS;

EID: 33748710046     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-8853(00)01162-8     Document Type: Article

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