Crystallographic orientation and the magnetocaloric effect in MnP

Here we present results for single crystals of manganese phosphide (MnP), a material exhibiting a first-order ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition at a Curie temperature of 290 K. MnP has a saturation field of about 7.5 kOe along the c -axis. Along this easy magnetic axis, Δ S was measured to be...

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Published inJournal of applied physics Vol. 105; no. 7; pp. 07A926 - 07A926-3
Main Authors Booth, R. A., Majetich, S. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published American Institute of Physics 01.04.2009
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Summary:Here we present results for single crystals of manganese phosphide (MnP), a material exhibiting a first-order ferromagnetic to paramagnetic transition at a Curie temperature of 290 K. MnP has a saturation field of about 7.5 kOe along the c -axis. Along this easy magnetic axis, Δ S was measured to be 2.2, 3.3, and 6.0   J / kg K in applied fields of 10, 20, and 50 kOe, respectively. The density of MnP is 5.49   g / cm 3 . No hysteresis or irreversibility was measured over a range of temperatures from 10 to 300 K.
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.3072022