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Structure and Magnetocaloric Properties of the Fe-Doped HoTiGe Alloy

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Virgil Provenzano, B Baumgold, Robert D. Shull, Alexander J. Shapiro, Keiichi Koyama, Kazuo Watanabe, N K. Singh, K G. Suresh, A K. Nigam, S K. Malik

Abstract

The structure and magnetocaloric properties of the Fe-doped HoTiGe compound were investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), x-ray diffraction (XRD), superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometry and calorimetry. As with the early studies on the undoped compound (1-3), the Fe-containing alloy exhibited an antiferromagnetic-to-paramagnetic transition and a magnetocaloric effect peak at 90 K. However, the Fe-doped alloy contained three minor phases in addition to the HoTiGe majority phase. The magnetization (M) versus temperature (T) data showed peaks at 10 K and 90 K, while M vs. field (H) curves showed the presence of a field-induced transition for all T
Citation
Journal of Applied Physics

Keywords

energy dispersive spectroscopy, Fe-Doped HoTiGe alloy, magnetocaloric properties, scanning electron microscopy, structure properties

Citation

Provenzano, V. , Baumgold, B. , Shull, R. , Shapiro, A. , Koyama, K. , Watanabe, K. , Singh, N. , Suresh, K. , Nigam, A. and Malik, S. (2006), Structure and Magnetocaloric Properties of the Fe-Doped HoTiGe Alloy, Journal of Applied Physics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=853409 (Accessed December 12, 2024)

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Created April 20, 2006, Updated February 17, 2017