Magnetocaloric effects of ferromagnetic erbium mononitride

Autor:	Takenori Numazawa, Koji Kamiya, Takao A. Yamamoto, Takayuki Arakawa, Takafumi Kusunose, Naoto Tomioka, Takashi Nakagawa, Kengo Sako, Koichi Niihara
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Materials science Mechanical Engineering Metals and Alloys chemistry.chemical_element Thermodynamics Heat capacity Refrigerant Magnetization chemistry Ferromagnetism Mechanics of Materials Hot isostatic pressing Regenerative heat exchanger Materials Chemistry Magnetic refrigeration Helium
Zdroj:	Journal of Alloys and Compounds. :191-195
ISSN:	0925-8388
Popis:	The rare earth mononitride, ErN, has been synthesized by the carbothermic reduction and hot isostatic press methods. The magnetocaloric effect of ErN has been evaluated by calculating the magnetic entropy changes, ΔS, from the magnetization data sets and from the heat capacity measured at various temperatures and applied fields. The two results are in good agreement with each other. The ΔS value of ErN is the highest at 7.5 K and higher than that of ErNi2 reported as the candidate material for the magnetic refrigerant of cryogenic technology. Heat capacity curve against temperature of ErN has a peak at 4.4 K at zero-field. The peak value of the heat capacity of ErN is 507 kJ K−1 m−3. This value is larger than those of Er3Ni used commercially as a magnetic regenerator for the Gifford–McMahon refrigerator. The present results indicate that ErN is a promising material for the magnetic refrigerant and regenerator of cooling systems working above the boiling temperature of helium.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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