Publication Date:
2016-02-02
Description:
The magnetocaloric effect in ferromagnetic single crystal EuTi 0.85 Nb 0.15 O 3 has been investigated using magnetization and heat capacity measurements. EuTi 0.85 Nb 0.15 O 3 undergoes a continuous ferromagnetic phase transition at T C = 9.5 K due to the long range ordering of magnetic moments of Eu 2+ (4 f 7 ). With the application of magnetic field, the spin entropy is strongly suppressed and a giant magnetic entropy change is observed near T C . The values of entropy change Δ S m and adiabatic temperature change Δ T ad are as high as 51.3 J kg −1 K −1 and 22 K, respectively, for a field change of 0–9 T. The corresponding magnetic heating/cooling capacity is 700 J kg −1 . This compound also shows large magnetocaloric effect even at low magnetic fields. In particular, the values of Δ S m reach 14.7 and 23.8 J kg −1 K −1 for field changes of 0–1 T and 0–2 T, respectively. The low-field giant magnetocaloric effect, together with the absence of thermal and field hysteresis makes EuTi 0.85 Nb 0.15 O 3 a very promising candidate for low temperature magnetic refrigeration.
Electronic ISSN:
2166-532X
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
