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    New Magnetic Refrigeration Materials for the Liquefaction of Hydrogen

    Five heavy lanthanide ferromagnetic intermetallic compounds were studied as potential magnetic refrigerants for the liquefaction of hydrogen gas. (Dy0.5Er0.5)Al2 and TbNi2 appear to be better refrigerants than Gd...

    K. A. Gschneidner Jr., H. Takeya, J. O. Moorman in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (1994)

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    Copper(I) hexafluorosilicateπ-complexes with allylammonium salts. Synthesis and crystal structure of [CuOOCH·C3H5NH3]2SiF6 and [Cu2Cl3·2C3H5NH3]2SiF6

    Two novel copper (I) π-complexes containing the SiF 6 2− anion have been synthesized and studied by X-ray structure analysis. The crystals of the first title c...

    V. V. Olijnik, E. A. Goreshnik, V. K. Pecharsky in Journal of Structural Chemistry (1994)

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    The (Dy1-xErx)Al2 Alloys as Active Magnetic Regenerators for Magnetic Refrigeration

    The low temperature properties (heat capacity from 3 to 350 K in fields up to 10 T, and both ac magnetic susceptibility and dc magnetic susceptibility and magnetization from 4 to 325 K in dc fields up to 5.5 T...

    K. A. Gschneidner Jr., V. K. Pecharsky in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Material (1997)

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    Comparison of the Magnetocaloric Effect Derived from Heat Capacity, Direct, and Magnetization Measurements

    A theoretical and experimental evaluation of the experimental method for determining the magnetocaloric properties of magnetic materials show that the magnetic field heat capacity data can provide a reliable r...

    V. K. Pecharsky, K. A. Gschneidner Jr. in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Material (1997)

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    New Er-Based Materials for Active Magnetic Refrigeration Below 20K

    High magnetic field (0 to 9.85 T) low temperature (1.2 to 30 K) heat capacity of five as-cast alloys: Er3AlC, Er3AlC0.5, Er3AlC0.25, Er3AlC0.1 and ErAgGa revealed that four of them can be used as efficient active...

    V. K. Pecharsky, K. A. Gschneidner Jr. in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Material (1997)

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    Utilization of the Magnetic Entropy in Active Magnetic Regenerator Materials

    The magnetic entropy associated with magnetic ordering has been determined for ~20 lanthanide materials and it varies from ~60 to ~90% of the theoretical Rln (2J+l) value. The utilization of this entropy in th...

    K. A. Gschneidner Jr., V. K. Pecharsky in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Material (1997)

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    The Influence of Multiple Magnetic Ordering on the Magnetocaloric Effect in RNiAl Alloys

    Both the change in magnetic entropy (ΔSmag) and the adiabatic temperature rise (ΔTad) induced by a change of magnetic field were determined for a series of (Gd1-xErx)NiAl alloys (where x = 0, 0.30, 0.46, 0.60, 0....

    B. J. Korte, V. K. Pecharsky, K. A. Gschneidner Jr. in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (1998)

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    The Giant Magnetocaloric Effect in Gd5(SixGe1-x)4 Materials for Magnetic Refrigeration

    The Gd5(SixGe1-x)4 alloys, where 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5, exhibit a giant magnetocaloric effect. This extremely large magnetocaloric effect should elevate magnetic refrigeration technology to new heights allowing it to becom...

    V. K. Pecharsky, K. A. Gschneidner Jr. in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (1998)