Magnetocaloric Effect of Zn-Containing Manganese Pnyctides
摘要
Abstract
Magnetic and magnetocaloric characteristics of the Mn1.9Zn0.1Sb and Mn1.96Zn0.04Sb alloys are studied. The relatively abrupt decrease in the specific magnetization near 100 K is found, which, according to first-principals calculations, is interpreted as the antiferromagnet–ferrimagnet transition. The existence of the magnetic phase transition from the ferrimagnetic to antiferromagnetic state leads to the appearance of inverse magnetocaloric effect which remains in magnetic field up to 8 T.