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In recent years, the MnFePGe compound has drawn tremendous attention not only for its excellent magnetocaloric effect (MCE), but also for its great commercial interest. Compared with other advanced MCE materials such as GdSiGe, MnFePAs, etc., it possesses many practical advantages such as more abundant raw materials, lower fabrication costs as well as better environmental amity. In this work, Mn1.2Fe0.8P0.76Ge0.24 compound was prepared by mechanical milling and subsequent spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique, its microstructure was investigated by SEM, meanwhile the relationship between phase transition and the properties was investigated by neutron diffraction, SQUID, DSC and XRD. The results show that the Mn1.2Fe0.8P0.76Ge0.24 compound is compact, and possess a hexagonal Fe2P-type crystal structure. Generally, either applied magnetic field or temperature change will induce the transformation between paramagnetic phase and ferromagnetic phase. When the applied magnetic field increased or temperature reduced, paramagnetic phase transformed to ferromagnetic phase and caused the magnetic entropy change to become larger. It is found that the magnetic entropy change of Mn1.2Fe0.8P0.76Ge0.24 compound is directly corresponding to the percentage of the phase transition.
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ACTA METALLURGICA SINICA
ISSN: 0412-1961
Year: 2013
Issue: 7
Volume: 49
Page: 783-788
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JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
JCR Journal Grade:3
CAS Journal Grade:4
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WoS CC Cited Count: 5
SCOPUS Cited Count: 4
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30 Days PV: 6
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