Research Article
The Effect of Fe Doping on the Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of Mn5−xFexGe3
Table 1
The magnetocaloric properties of the
compounds compared to several other second-order phase transition compounds.
| Compound | Peak (J/kg K) | (J/kg) | Reference | 20 kOe | 50 kOe | 20 kOe | 50 kOe |
| Mn5Ge3 | 3.65 | 7.0 | 97 | 298 | This work | Mn4.95Fe0.05Ge3 | 3.58 | 6.9 | 95 | 294 | This work | Mn4.9Fe0.1Ge3 | 3.50 | 6.96 | 104.5 | 305 | This work | Mn4.85Fe0.15Ge3 | 3.63 | 6.9 | 108.50 | 312 | This work | Mn5Ge2.7Ga0.3 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 84 | 256.2 | [21] | Mn5Ge2.8Sb0.2 | — | 6.2 | — | 320 | [13] | Gd | — | 3.4 | — | 289 | [22] | Ni2Mn0.95Cr0.05In | 1.69 | 3.37 | 59.79 | 167.5 | [23] |
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