Estimating spontaneous magnetization from a mean field analysis of the magnetic entropy change

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 322, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 1569-1571

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Universidad de Zaragoza Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Magnetic entropy; Magnetocaloric effect; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC CONDITIONS; APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; COMMON PROPERTY; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FERROMAGNETS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; ISOTHERMAL MAGNETIZATION; LANDAU THEORY; MAGNETIC ENTROPY; MAGNETIC ENTROPY CHANGE; MAGNETIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIZATION MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETO-CALORIC EFFECTS; MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT; MEAN FIELD ANALYSIS; MEAN-FIELD; SCALING METHOD; SPECIFIC HEAT MEASUREMENT; SPONTANEOUS MAGNETIZATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE VALUES;

CALORIMETRY; ENTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; RARE EARTH ALLOYS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77949284425     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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