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Magnetic, Magnetocaloric, and Critical Properties of Fe84-xCr2+xB2Co2Zr10 Melt-Spun Ribbons

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Magnetic properties, magnetocaloric effect, and critical behavior of Fe84-xCr2+xB2Co2Zr10 (x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) rapidly quenched alloy ribbons prepared by melt-spinning method have been investigated. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the ribbons are almost amorphous. All the ribbons exhibit soft magnetic behavior with a low coercivity, Hc < 20 Oe. The magnetic phase transition temperature of the alloy can be adjusted in the room temperature region by appropriate Cr concentrations. With increasing Cr concentration, Curie temperature (TC) of the alloys is reduced from 330 K (for x = 1) to 290 K (for x = 6). The quite high maximum magnetic entropy change, |ΔSm|max > 0.8 J.kg−1.K−1 (under a magnetic field change of 12 kOe), and the wide working temperature range, δT > 90 K, around room temperature, have been achieved on these alloy ribbons. The obtained results reveal that Fe84-xCr2+xB2Co2Zr10 alloys are potential candidates for the magnetic refrigerants at room temperature region. Using the Arrott-Noakes method, critical analyses around the ferromagnetic-paramagnetic phase transition elucidated the magnetic orders in the alloys. The critical parameters determined for Fe84-xCr2+xB2Co2Zr10 ribbons are close to those of the mean-field theory applied for the long-range ferromagnetic orders.

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This research is funded by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) under grant number 103.02-2018.340. A part of the work was done in the Key Laboratory for Electronic Materials and Devices, and Laboratory of Magnetism and Superconductivity, Institute of Materials Science, VAST, Vietnam.

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    Nguyen Hai Yen, Pham Thi Thanh, Tran Dang Thanh & Nguyen Huy Dan

  2. Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam

    Nguyen Hai Yen, Nguyen Hoang Ha, Pham Thi Thanh, Tran Dang Thanh & Nguyen Huy Dan

  3. Lam Son Gifted High School, 307 Le Lai, Dong Son, Thanh Hoa, Vietnam

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Yen, N.H., Ha, N.H., Thanh, P.T. et al. Magnetic, Magnetocaloric, and Critical Properties of Fe84-xCr2+xB2Co2Zr10 Melt-Spun Ribbons. J Supercond Nov Magn 33, 3443–3449 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-020-05596-x

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