Abstract
Magnetic, magnetocaloric and magnetoresistance properties of the intermetallic compound Nd7Pd3 have been investigated. It exhibits a first-order magnetic phase transition at its ferromagnetic ordering temperature (TC = 34K). Just above the TC, the magnetization isotherms exhibit a metamagnetic transition from the paramagnetic to a ferromagnetic state. In the immediate vicinity of TC, a field change of only 10kOe leads to the giant magnetocaloric effect of 13 J mol -1 K-1. For a field change of 50kOe a large magnetoresistance of ∼21% is observed near TC. First-principles electronic structure calculations indicate that the first-order phase transition in Nd7Pd3 may originate from the peculiar nature of the density of states near the Fermi level.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 456004 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics Condensed Matter |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 45 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2009 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
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