Abstract
Magnetocaloric effect is investigated in multiferroic Ba 0.5Sr1.5Zn2(Fe0.92Al 0.08)12O22 ceramic with Y-type hexagonal system. Three magnetic transitions, from alternating longitudinal conical to mixed conical at ∼240 K, to ferrimagnetic at ∼297 K, further to paramagnetic at ∼702 K, are unambiguously determined. Furthermore, obvious MCE is shown, and the maximum values of the magnetic entropy change and relative cooling power are evaluated to be 1.53 JKg-1K-1 and 280 JKg-1 for a field change of 7 T, respectively. In addition, inverse MCE is also observed, which might be associated with the first-order magnetic phase transition between two incommensurate longitudinal conical phases.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 067122 |
| Journal | AIP Advances |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - Jun 2014 |