Magnetocaloric effect in random magnetic anisotropy materials

In this letter we report the results of entropy variations in random anisotropy magnets composed of TbxY1-xAl2, with x=0.15, 0.20, 0.25, 0.35, 0.40, and 0.50. We discovered large entropy variation associated with the spin glass to paramagnetictransition. Both temperature transition and entropy chang...

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Autores: Bohigas i Janoher, Xavier, Torres, Francesc|||0000-0002-9360-0034, Arnaudas, José Ignacio, Joven, Enrique, Del Moral, Agustín, Tejada, J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:116255
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/116255
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1063/1.1506777
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Entropy
Glass transitions
Magnetic anisotropy
Magnetic materials
Curie point
Magnetocaloric effect
Paramagnetism
Spin glass models
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Sumario:In this letter we report the results of entropy variations in random anisotropy magnets composed of TbxY1-xAl2, with x=0.15, 0.20, 0.25, 0.35, 0.40, and 0.50. We discovered large entropy variation associated with the spin glass to paramagnetictransition. Both temperature transition and entropy changes were studied at different temperatures and with different compositions. Our conclusion is that these materials are suitable candidates for use as magnetic refrigerants in a temperature range below 40 K.