Free-energy analysis of the nonhysteretic first-order phase transition of Eu2In

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2020-10-19
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Alho, B. P.
Ribeiro, P. O.
von Ranke, P. J.
Guillou, F.
Mudryk, Yaroslav
Pecharsky, Vitalij
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Materials Science and Engineering
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Binary intermetallic Eu2In was recently reported to exhibit a giant anhysteretic magnetocaloric effect due to a first-order magnetic phase transition between paramagnetic and ferromagnetic states. Experimentally, the transition occurs with a small phase volume change, ΔV/V, of approximately 0.1% around TC of ca. 55 K. We represent magnetic and compute magnetocaloric properties of a Eu2In compound using a microscopic description based on a model Hamiltonian that takes into account magnetic exchange and magnetoelastic interactions. In the model the thermodynamic nature of the transition is conveniently represented by a single magnetoelastic interaction parameter. A good agreement between the theoretical results and earlier published experimental data confirms the effectiveness of our approach.

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