• Title of article

    Structure, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of RE11Ge8In2 (RE = Gd–Tm)

  • Author/Authors

    Cheung، نويسنده , , Yan Yin Janice and Svitlyk، نويسنده , , Volodymyr and Mozharivskyj، نويسنده , , Yurij، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    276
  • To page
    281
  • Abstract
    A new tetragonal Gd11Ge8In2 phase has been obtained by arc-melting and annealing at 800 °C. The structure has been determined and refined from single crystal X-ray diffraction data in the I4/mmm space group with a = 11.2091(6) and c = 16.3994(9) Å. Phases with the RE11Ge8In2 (RE = Gd–Tm) composition were subsequently synthesized and their structures were refined using X-ray powder diffraction methods. Magnetic measurements carried out on RE11Ge8In2 (RE = Gd–Tm) indicated a ferromagnetic ordering in all phases. The magnetocaloric effect in terms of the magnetic entropy change, ΔSmag, was evaluated for the Gd-, Tb- and Tm-containing samples, and the largest |ΔSmag| value of 10.6 J/kg K was obtained for Tm11Ge8In2.
  • Keywords
    A. Rare-earth intermetallics , B. Crystal chemistry of intermetallics , B. Magnetic properties , F. Diffraction
  • Journal title
    Intermetallics
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    Intermetallics
  • Record number

    1504951