Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of Pr2Fe17-xCux Intermetallic Compounds


Cengiz N. E., Pektas M., KOLAT V. S., İZGİ T., GENÇER H., BAYRİ N., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF MAGNETICS, cilt.26, sa.3, ss.332-340, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4283/jmag.2021.26.3.332
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MAGNETICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.332-340
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: 2:17 type intermetallic compounds, Cu substitution, magnetic entropy change, magnetocaloric effect, ENTROPY CHANGES, REFRIGERATION ALLOYS, PR, SUBSTITUTION
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, Cu-doped intermetallic compounds with the chemical composition of Pr2Fe17-xCux, (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2) were prepared by the arc-melting process. SEM analysis revealed that the samples consist of irregularly shaped and strongly connected micron-scale particles range from 0.5 mu m to 4 mu m. EDX analysis showed that all the samples consist of a single phase. The magnetic measurements revealed that all the samples exhibit a ferromagnetic to the paramagnetic phase transition. The Curie temperature was determined to increase linearly with increasing Cu substitution from 286 K for x = 0 to 303 K for x = 0.2. The maximum value of magnetic entropy change vertical bar Delta S-m vertical bar was estimated from isothermal magnetization curves and it decreases with increasing Cu content from 5.63 J/kg.K for x = 0 to 4.21 J/kg.K for x = 0.2 at 5 T magnetic field change. At the same magnetic field change, the relative cooling power values range from 404.8 J/Kg for x = 0 to 248.3 J/Kg for x = 0.2. Arrott plots and Landau analyses revealed that all the samples show second-order magnetic phase transition.