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Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effects of PrSi

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Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effects (MCEs) of the PrSi compound were studied. The PrSi compound undergoes a second-order ferromagnetic-to-paramagnetic transition at the Curie temperature of T C = 52 K. Large MCE with no magnetic hysteresis loss is observed around T C. The maximum values of magnetic entropy change (ΔS) are found to be −8.6 and −15.3 J·kg−1·K−1 for the magnetic field changes of 0–2 T and 0–5 T, respectively. The large ΔS with no hysteresis makes PrSi compound a competitive candidate for magnetic refrigerant.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11274357) and the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (No. 2011AA03A404).

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Wang, LC., Shen, BG. Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effects of PrSi. Rare Met. 33, 239–243 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-014-0310-7

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