Magnetocaloric Effect in Amorphous and Partially Crystallized Fe-Zr-Nb-Cu-B Alloy |
| J. Gondroa, K. Błoch a, M. Nabiałek a and S. Wallters b
aInstitute of Physics, Częstochowa University of Technology, al. Armii Krajowej 19, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland bSchool of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom |
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| This paper presents the results of an investigation into the: microstructure, magnetic properties and influence of annealing temperature on the magnetocaloric effect of Fe82Zr7Nb2Cu1B8 alloy in the as-quenched and partially crystalline state. The microstructure was investigated using Mössbauer spectroscopy. The magnetocaloric effect was observed as a change in the magnetic entropy, which was calculated from isothermal magnetization curves. Fully-amorphous Fe82Zr7Nb2Cu1B8 alloys, in the as-quenched state, exhibit a Curie temperature equal to (340±5) K. The transmission Mössbauer spectrum for the as-quenched Fe82Zr7Nb2Cu1B8 alloy is typical for weak ferromagnets with the average hyperfine field of 9.86(2) T. For this alloy in the as-quenched state, the changes in maximum magnetic entropy occur near the Curie points and are equal to 0.95 J/(kg K). Also, the maximum magnetic entropy changes decrease after partial crystallization. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.127.606 PACS numbers: 75.30.Sg, 75.47.Np, 75.50.Bb, 75.50.Kj, 75.90.+w, 87.64.Pj |