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Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of La0.65Ca0.35MnO3/La0.7Ca0.2Ba0.1MnO3 and La0.65Ca0.35MnO3/Pr0.5Sr0.5MnO3 Composite Manganites

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La0.65Ca0.35MnO3/La0.7Ca0.2Ba0.1MnO3 (COMPI) and La0.65Ca0.35MnO3/Pr0.5Sr0.5MnO3 (COMPII) composite manganites were prepared using a conventional ceramic double-sintering process. The microstructural, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of the composites were investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). X-ray diffraction analysis using Rietveld refinement shows that the starting La0.65Ca0.35MnO3, La0.7Ca0.2Ba0.1MnO3 and Pr0.5Sr0.5MnO3 manganites are single phases and crystallize in the orthorhombic system with a Pbnm space group. Magnetization measurements versus temperature for each composite reveal two magnetic transition temperatures associated to both manganites, which induces an enlargement of the magnetic entropy change peak. A better relative cooling power (RCP) value of 308 J kg−1 around 280 K is obtained for COMPI and is about 75 % of that observed in pure Gd, which makes our composite a potential candidate for magnetic refrigeration around room temperature

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Sfax University, B.P. 1171, 3000, Sfax, Tunisia

    E. Sellami-Jmal, Y. Regaieg, W. Cheikhrouhou-Koubaa, M. Koubaa & A. Cheikhrouhou

  2. ITODYS, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité CNRS UMR 7086, 15 rue Jean Antoine de Baïf, 75205, Paris, France

    Y. Regaieg

  3. Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Multimédia et Traitement Numérique des Données de Sfax, Sfax Technopark, BP 275, 3021, Sakiet Ezzit, Tunisia

    W. Cheikhrouhou-Koubaa

  4. Laboratoire Géoressources, Environnement Matériaux et Changements globaux, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Sfax University, B.P. 1171, 3000, Sfax, Tunisia

    N. Njah

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Sellami-Jmal, E., Regaieg, Y., Cheikhrouhou-Koubaa, W. et al. Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of La0.65Ca0.35MnO3/La0.7Ca0.2Ba0.1MnO3 and La0.65Ca0.35MnO3/Pr0.5Sr0.5MnO3 Composite Manganites. J Supercond Nov Magn 28, 3121–3126 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-015-3135-1

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