Effects of partial Mn-substitution on magnetic and magnetocaloric properties in Pr0.7Ca0.3Mn0.95X0.05O3 (Cr, Ni, Co and Fe) manganites
- 1. Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Sfax University, B.P. 1171, 3000 Sfax (Tunisia)
- 2. Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Kasserine, Kairouan University, B.P. 471, 1200 Kasserine (Tunisia)
- 3. Institut NEEL, B.P. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France)
Description
Highlights: • Pr0.7Ca0.3Mn0.95X0.05O3(X = Cr, Ni, Co and Fe) ceramics were prepared by solid state method. • The manganite phases crystallize in an orthorhombic (Pnma) structure. • The samples exhibit a second order paramagnetic (PM)–ferromagnetic (FM) phase transition at the Curie temperature TC. • Maximum RCP equal to 405 J/kg observed for Pr0.7Ca0.3Mn0.95Cr0.05O3. • Second order phase transition is confirmed by Arrott plots and universal curves of entropy change. • The experimental ΔSM are well predicted by the phenomenological universal curve. - Abstract: Structural, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Pr0.7Ca0.3Mn0.95X0.05O3(X = Cr, Ni, Co and Fe) ceramics have been investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and magnetic measurements. Powder samples have been elaborated using the solid state reaction method at high temperature. The Rietveld analysis of the powder X-ray diffraction shows that the samples crystallize in the orthorhombic structure with Pnma space group. Magnetic measurements show that all our materials exhibit a paramagnetic–ferromagnetic transition with decreasing temperature. The Arrott plots of ours materials reveal the occurrence of a second-order phase transition. The maximum values of magnetic entropy change |ΔSMmax| are 2.92, 2.96, 3.1, and 2.38 J kg−1 K−1 and the relative cooling power (RCP) values are 405.8, 378.2, 352.2 and 337.4 J kg−1 for a magnetic-field change from 0 to 5 T for Cr, Ni, Co and Fe respectively. The large RCP found in our substituted samples will be interesting for magnetic refrigeration over a wide temperature range ∼130 K around its paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition temperature. With the scaling laws of ΔSM, the experimental ΔSM collapse onto a universal curve for several ceramics, where an average curve is obtained. With the phenomenological universal curve, the experimental ΔSM are well predicted for all materials
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- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.09.078;
- PII
- S0925-8388(14)02215-4;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds
- Journal Volume
- 619
- Journal Page Range
- p. 627-633
- ISSN
- 0925-8388
- CODEN
- JALCEU
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 47011668
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CERAMICS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CURIE POINT; ENTROPY; IRON; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION; MANGANATES; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; ORTHORHOMBIC LATTICES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PARAMAGNETISM; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; SCALING LAWS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; COHERENT SCATTERING; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; ELEMENTS; MAGNETISM; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; SCATTERING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
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