• Prediction of magnetic and magnetocaloric properties in Pr$_{0.8−x}$Bi$_x$Sr$_{0.2}$MnO$_3$ ($x = 0$, 0.05 and 0.1) manganites

• # Fulltext

https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/boms/042/02/0062

• # Keywords

Magnetic transition; phenomenological model; magnetocaloric effect; critical exponents; specific heat.

• # Abstract

In this work, we have investigated the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Pr$_{0.8−x}$Bi$_x$Sr$_{0.2}$MnO$_3$ ($x = 0$, 0.05 and 0.1) polycrystalline manganites prepared by sol–gel route on the basis of a phenomenological model. Temperature dependence of magnetization indicates that all our samples exhibit a second order paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition with a decrease in temperature. A correlation between experimental results and theoretical analysis based on a phenomenological model is investigated. The magnetic and magnetocaloric measurements are well simulated by this model. Under a magnetic applied field of 5 T, the theoretical absolute values of the maximum of magnetic entropy change $\Delta S_{\rm Max}$ are found to be equal to 5.33, 3.33 and 2.97 J kg$^{−1} K$^{−1}$for$x = 0\$, 0.05 and 0.1 respectively. The relative cooling power and the specific heat capacity values are also estimated. The predicted results permit us to conclude that our compounds may be promising candidates for magnetic refrigeration at low temperatures.

• # Author Affiliations

1. Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Université de Sfax, 3000 Sfax, BP 1171, Tunisia
2. Institut Néel, CNRS-Université J. Fourier, 38042 Grenoble, BP 166, France

• # Bulletin of Materials Science

Volume 45, 2022
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• # Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar for Science and Technology

Posted on October 12, 2020

Prof. Subi Jacob George — Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru
Chemical Sciences 2020