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Printing (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) magnetocaloric alloys for magnetic refrigeration applications

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The fabrication of brittle magnetocaloric materials into heat exchangers is currently challenging for conventional manufacturing techniques. In the present study, we demonstrated that selective laser melting (SLM), an emerging 3D printing technique, offers a new and promising solution to fabricate the (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) magnetocaloric alloys for magnetic refrigeration applications. The hexagonal (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) phase, which shows a first-order magnetic transition, is successfully formed in the SLM-printed samples with a very small amount of impurity phase (less than 2% in volume fraction). The SLM processing parameters (e.g., the laser power and scanning speed) have a strong influence on the microstructure, magnetic phase transition and magnetocaloric properties of the printed samples. The microscopic mechanism underlying the changes in the microstructure and phase transition temperature has also been discussed. Besides that, a large isothermal entropy change, more than three times higher than that of the benchmark Gd material in a field change of 1 and 2 T, has been obtained in the SLM-printed samples.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Numbers 51801102, U1832191), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant Number BK20180491) and the Open Fund of Large Facilities in Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

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    Xuefei Miao, Wenyao Wang, Yujing Zhang, Amir Muhammad & Feng Xu

  2. College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Huixin Liang & Zongjun Tian

  3. College of Physics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Fengjiao Qian

  4. Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, 213001, China

    Mengqi Cong

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Miao, X., Wang, W., Liang, H. et al. Printing (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) magnetocaloric alloys for magnetic refrigeration applications. J Mater Sci 55, 6660–6668 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04488-8

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