A phenomenological fitting curve for the magnetocaloric effect of materials with a second-order phase transition

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Dong, Q Y ^a   Zhang, H W ^a   Sun, J R ^a   Shen, B G ^a   Franco, V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; CURVE FITTING; ENTROPY; IRON ALLOYS; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION; MANGANESE ALLOYS; MEAN FIELD THEORY; SILICON ALLOYS;

CRITICAL EXPONENT; EFFECTS OF MATERIALS; FIELD DEPENDENCE; FITTING CURVES; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATORS; MAGNETIC-ENTROPY CHANGES; MAXIMUM-ENTROPY; POLYCRYSTALLINE SAMPLES; SECOND-ORDER PHASE TRANSITION;

BINARY ALLOYS;

EID: 45149095495     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2913166     Document Type: Article

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