On the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of rare earth intermetallic compound Tb0.33Ho0.33Er0.33Ni.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Mohapatra, Abhaya Prasada; Arout Chelvane, J.; Morozkin, A. V.; Ramaprabhu, S.; Nirmala, R.
- Source
- AIP Advances. Feb2023, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p1-4. 4p.
- Subject
- *TERBIUM
*RARE earth metal compounds
*MAGNETIC properties
*MAGNETOCALORIC effects
*X-ray powder diffraction
*MAGNETIC fields
- Language
- ISSN
- 2158-3226
Polycrystalline rare earth intermetallic compound Tb0.33Ho0.33Er0.33Ni has been synthesized by arc melting under argon atmosphere. Powder X-ray diffraction data suggest that the compound Tb0.33Ho0.33Er0.33Ni crystallizes in orthorhombic structure at 300 K (FeB-type, space group Pnma). Temperature variation of magnetization reveals paramagnetic to ferromagnetic cross-over around 59 K (TC). The TC is close to the average value of the ferromagnetic transition temperatures of TbNi, HoNi and ErNi compounds. Isothermal magnetization has been measured as a function of magnetic field up to 70 kOe and the magnetocaloric effect around TC has been calculated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]