HUI XiDong,XU ZhiYi,WU Yuan,CHEN XiaoHua,LIU XiongJun & LU ZhaoPing State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials,University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing 100083,China
Abstract:
A series of Er-Al-Co bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) have been prepared by the copper mold casting method. The glass forming ability and magnetocaloric effect (MCE) for these alloys have been investigated. The second-order magnetic transition from para-magnetic to ferromagnetic states takes place at about 9 K. These BMGs exhibit excellent MCE because of their large effective magneton number; Er56Al24Co20 BMG has a maximum entropy change and refrigeration capacity of 16.06 J kg-1 K-1 and 546 J kg-1,respectively...