Abstract
In this study, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of GdB2 compound were first time investigated.GdB2 compound was prepared by arc-melting method. The magnetic characterizations of the samples were defined at various temperatures and magnetic fields. Saturation magnetization value is 19.5 emu/g at 275 K. The magnetic entropy change of the GdB2 compound was calculated from the isothermal magnetization curves under the different magnetic fields. The peak value of |ΔSm| is 1.89 J/kg K under the applied field changing from 0 T to 4 T. The adiabatic temperature change was calculated from heat capacity. The peak value of ΔTad is 0.49 K at 1 T magnetic field..
Keywords
Magnetocaloric effect, Heat capacity, Magnetic entropy, GdB2.
Citation
H. GENCER, T. IZGI, V. S. KOLAT, S. ATALAY, Magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of GdB2 compound, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 6, 9-10, September-October 2012, pp.875-878 (2012).
Submitted at: May 29, 2012
Accepted at: Sept. 20, 2012