A mean-field scaling method for first- and second-order phase transition ferromagnets and its application in magnetocaloric studies

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Amaral, J S ^a   Silva, N J O ^a,b   Amaral, V S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; MAGNETIZATION; MANGANITES; MEAN FIELD THEORY; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT; MEAN FIELD EXCHANGE PARAMETERS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 35549013721     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2801692     Document Type: Article

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