Magnetocaloric effect and its implementation in critical behavior study of Mn 4FeGe 3-xSi x intermetallic compounds

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Halder, Madhumita ^a   Yusuf, S M ^a   Nigam, A K ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL EXPONENT; DC MAGNETIZATION; FERROMAGNETIC TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; FIELD DEPENDENCE; HEISENBERG; MAGNETIC ENTROPY; MAGNETIC ENTROPY CHANGE; MAGNETIC EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC PHASE TRANSITIONS; MAGNETIC REFRIGERANT MATERIALS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PARENT COMPOUNDS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SECOND ORDERS; SI CONCENTRATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TYPICAL VALUES;

ENTROPY; GERMANIUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECTS; MANGANESE; MEAN FIELD THEORY; PARAMAGNETISM; SYNTHETIC METALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SILICON;

EID: 84859355611     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3669390     Document Type: Article

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