Magnetocaloric effect in R2Ti3Ge4 (R = Gd, Tb, Er and Sc) Compoundsстатья
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Аннотация:The heat capacity of polycrystalline R2Ti3Ge4 _R=Gd, Tb, and Er_ compounds _orthorhombic,
Sm5Ge4-type, space group Pnma_ has been studied in the temperature range of 1.8–300 K in
various applied magnetic fields. The compounds with magnetic lanthanide elements show
interesting low field magnetism intrigued by the possible presence of competing antiferromagnetic
and ferromagnetic interactions. The magnetocaloric effect in these compounds is estimated from the
field dependent heat capacity data. The magnetic entropy change and the adiabatic temperature
change in the vicinity of the magnetic transition are found to be significant.