Giant reversible magnetocaloric effect in antiferromagnetic GdCo 2B2 compound

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Li, Lingwei ^a   Nishimura, Katsuhiko ^a   Yamane, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS;

ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE CHANGES; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC; FERROMAGNETIC STATE; FIELD CHANGES; FIRST ORDERS; HEAT CAPACITY MEASUREMENTS; HYSTERESIS LOSS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIC ENTROPY CHANGES; MAGNETIC REFRIGERANT MATERIALS; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATIONS; MAGNETO-CALORIC EFFECTS; MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; META MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE RANGES;

RARE EARTH ALLOYS;

EID: 62549107103     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3095660     Document Type: Article

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