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Published on: January 26, 2014
Effect of Si substitution in ferromagnetic Pr2Fe17: a magnetocaloric material with zero thermal expansion operative
Shovan Dan1, S Mukherjee, Chandan Mazumdar
1Department of Physics, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan - 713104, India. sanseb68@yahoo.co.in.
Abstract:
This article deals with the magnetic and thermal expansion properties of Pr2Fe16Si. This compound has been well characterized from the structural point of view by analysing X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns. The temperature dependent behaviour of magnetization (M) and the structural parameters (lattice parameters, unit cell volume) suggest that the compound undergoes a second order phase transition from a paramagnetic to a ferromagnetic state at TC = 390 K, driven by an increase in bond length between iron atoms at 6c sites. The field-dependent behaviour of M below TC, and comparatively lower value of coercivity (Hc) have been explained by the role of Si atoms as pinning centres. In the ferromagnetic phase, the system is found to behave like an inhomogenous mean field system. The study of thermal expansion properties establishes that the compound is a zero thermal expansion material (αv = 5.3 × 10-6 K-1) operative in the temperature range T = 200-340 K. As a magnetocaloric material, Pr2Fe16Si possesses high RCP (87 J kg-1 at μ0H = 1.5 T), high operating temperature (390 K) and moderate |ΔSM|max.
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