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Spin reorientation transition: phase diagrams and entropy change
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2011
Abstract
In this paper we review the phase diagram and derive the entropy change for spin reorientation transitions by considering first order magnetization process theory with temperature dependent magneto-crystalline anisotropy constants. We derive the magnetic field-induced entropy change Δs for a transition between easy axis and easy plane, showing that for alternating magnetic field, Δs has a change of sign at the reorientation temperature, while for rotating magnetic field its sign is definite. We apply the model to CoZn W-type barium ferrite.
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1310: Symposium FF – Magnetocalorics and Magnetic Cooling , 2011 , mrsf10-1310-ff03-16
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- Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011