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Reduced Annealing Time and Enhanced Magnetocaloric Effect of La(Fe, Al)13 Alloy by La-nonstoichiometry and Si-doping

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LaFe13−xMx (M = Si, Al) alloys are promising for use in magnetic refrigeration. However, they require long annealing time (30 days) in order to optimize the magnetocaloric properties. Research has shown that the addition of extra La in off-stoichiometric alloys can greatly shorten the annealing time. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of the extra addition of La on the annealing properties of a new off-stoichiometric La1.7Fe11.6Al1.4−xSix (x = 0, 0.1, 0.4) alloys. It was demonstrated that after a 36h annealing time, a large volume fraction of 1:13 magnetocaloric phase was obtained for all alloys. Further microstructural analysis of the off-stoichiometric La1.7Fe11.6Al1.4−xSix alloys revealed a facet-like grain morphology. The La1.7Fe11.6Al1.4 and La1.7Fe11.6Al1Si0.4 alloys were shown to contain large 1:13 phase precipitates separated in a La-rich matrix, while the La1.7Fe11.6Al1.3Si0.1 alloy had a continuous 1:13 phase matrix with a fine dispersion of La-rich precipitates throughout. When the magnetic field varied between 0 and 2 T, the corresponding magnetic entropy change and relative cooling capacity for the La1.7Fe11.6Al1.3Si0.1 specimen were determined as 4.58 J/kg K and 173.6 J/kg, respectively. More importantly, the La1.7Fe11.6Al1.3Si0.1 alloy displayed only a slight volume change when the meta-magnetic phase transition occurred, which is promising for cyclic use.

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This work is financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2016YFB0701204 and 2017YFB0305300), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51774201 and 51727802) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China-Excellent Young Scholars (No. 51922068).

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    Liang Yang, Jun Li, Defang Tu, Qiaodan Hu & Jianguo Li

  2. School of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE17RH, UK

    Jun Li, Joel C. J. Strickland & Hongbiao Dong

  3. Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Ship and Deep-Sea Exploration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Jianguo Li

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Yang, L., Li, J., Tu, D. et al. Reduced Annealing Time and Enhanced Magnetocaloric Effect of La(Fe, Al)13 Alloy by La-nonstoichiometry and Si-doping. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 33, 1535–1542 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-020-01107-y

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