Enhanced magnetocaloric performance of amorphous Gd80Au20 alloy: experimental characterization and phenomenological modeling
摘要
The amorphous Gd80Au20 alloy, synthesized by melt-spinning, was systematically studied for its magnetocaloric performance through experimental measurements and theoretical modeling. Magnetic measurements revealed the existence of a ferromagnetic (FM) to paramagnetic (PM) transition, exhibiting a second-order magnetic phase transition at TC = 140 K. Under a magnetic field variation of 0–5T, the maximum isothermal magnetic entropy change, relative cooling power (RCP), and temperature-averaged entropy change (10 K-lift) for Gd80Au20 alloy are identified as 5.91 J kg⁻¹ K⁻¹, 393.00 J kg⁻¹, and 5.91 J kg⁻¹ K⁻¹, respectively. A phenomenological model, incorporating temperature and field-dependent parameters, was developed to predict these properties, showing excellent agreement with experimental data derived from Maxwell’s thermodynamic relations. These results support the model’s reliability.