We show that tunable magnetic thermalhysteresis can be realized for a simple ferrimagnetic CoGdalloy. The magnetization of a Co0.8Gd0.2 alloy shows a bow-tie curve as a function of temperature, which indicates supercooled and superheated phase transitions. The width of the magnetic thermalhysteresis can be tuned by an external magnetic field, with values of 190 K at fields near 100 Oe and values
Rare earth (RE)-3d transition metal (TM) films were codeposited in low temperature urea-acetamide-NaBr-KBr-RECl3-TMCl2. baths by potentiostatic electrolysis. Cyclic voltammetry is used to investigate the electrochemical behavior of RE(III) and TM(II) in baths on a Pt electrode. The reduction of TM(II) is an irreversible process. RE(III) cannot be reduced alone, but it can be inductively codeposited with TM(II). Some kinetic parameters are measured, e.g., the transfer coefficient alpha and the diffusion coefficient D-0 for TM(II). It is reasonably suggested that the RE-induced codeposition ability and efficiency is dominated by the electronegativity difference between RE and TM atoms. Moreover, it is found that the surface morphologies, the magnetic anisotropy and preferring orientation of the as-deposited RE-TM films depend strongly on the composition and potential. At last, it is observed that, there exists a clear anisotropy with easy magnetization along the plane of the RE-TM films. The magnetic anisotropy in amorphous RE-TM films should be due to the competing contributions from several factors, such as spin-orbit coupling, stress. etc. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Influence of Fe substitution on thermal stability and magnetocaloric effect of Gd60Co40-Fe amorphous alloy
作者:H.Y. Zhang、J.T. Ouyang、D. Ding、H.L. Li、J.G. Wang、W.H. Li
DOI:10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.07.332
日期:2018.11
A series of Gd60Co40-xFex (x = 0, 5, 10, 15, 20) amorphous ribbons were synthesized by melt-spinning method, and the addition of Fe is detrimental for thermal stability as well as glass forming ability of the alloys. With the increasement of Fe content, the magnetic transition temperature increases firstly and then decreases with the peak of 239 K obtained in Gd60Co30Fe10, while the magnetic entropy change vertical bar Delta S-M vertical bar reduces gradually. This phenomenon is possibly caused by variation of predominant exchange interaction from ferromagnetic to ferrimagnetic. Among these alloys, Gd60Co30Fe10, Gd60Co25Fe15 and Gd60Co20Fe20 represent table-like magnetocaloric effect of 4.4 +/- 0.1 Jkg(-1)K(-1), 4.0 +/- 0.1 Jkg(-1)K(-1) and 3.8 +/- 0.1 Jkg(-1)K(-1) in wide temperature ranges of 201-238 K, 178-228 K and 178-218 K under an applied field H of 5 T, which is probably ascribed to the local structural inhomogeneity in the amorphous matrix. This hypothesis could be confirmed by the deviation of exponent n (vertical bar Delta S-M vertical bar proportional to H-n) and the universal behavior of vertical bar Delta S-M vertical bar-T curves. The present study is expected to enhance the knowledge about the influence of additional elements on magnetocaloric effect and improve the performance of amorphous refrigerants in the Ericsson-cycle near room temperature. (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Achieving a table-like magnetic entropy change across the ice point of water with tailorable temperature range in Gd-Co-based amorphous hybrids
作者:L.Y. Ma、L.H. Gan、K.C. Chan、D. Ding、L. Xia
DOI:10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.06.254
日期:2017.11
Alloys exhibiting table-like magnetic entropy change (-Delta S-m) profiles are regarded as ideal magnetic refrigerants for the Ericsson magnetic refrigeration cycle. In this work, we fabricated two Gd-Co-based amorphous hybrids using various combinations of Gd50Co50, Gd50Co48Fe2, Gd50Co48Mn2 and Gd50Co45Mn5 amorphous ribbons with Curie temperatures ranging from 245 K to 278 K, and obtained table-like -Delta S-m profiles across the ice point of water within different temperature ranges. The maximum -Delta S-m and refrigeration capacity of the amorphous hybrids were higher than those of other amorphous alloys or composites with flattened -Delta S-m values near room temperature, indicating that amorphous hybrids are good candidates for magnetic refrigerants in house-hold magnetic refrigerators. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.