Pulko, Barbara ; Tušek, Jaka ; Moore, James D. ; Weise, Bruno ; Skokov, Konstantin ; Mityashkin, Oleg ; Kitanovski, Andrej ; Favero, Chiara ; Fajfar, Peter ; Gutfleisch, Oliver ; Waske, Anja ; Poredoš, Alojz (2015)
Epoxy-bonded La–Fe–Co–Si magnetocaloric plates.
In: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 375
doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.08.074
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

We report the processing, analysis and testing of magnetocaloric composite materials consisting of La–Fe–Co–Si particles of various size fractions and a polymer matrix. All of the composites have working temperatures close to room temperature. The composites were pressed into thin plates, a geometry favorable for testing the composites in an active magnetic regenerator (AMR). In order to investigate the influence of particle size and binder type (epoxy), eight different epoxy-bonded La–Fe–Co–Si plates were made and analyzed. We found that the higher filling factor that can be achieved by using a mixture of several particle size fractions has beneficial influence on the thermal conductivity. Tests in the AMR revealed that a maximum temperature span of approximately ΔT=10 K under magnetic field change of μ0H=1.15 T can be obtained at no cooling load conditions. The stability of the measured ΔT values and the mechanical integrity of sample after cyclic application of a magnetic field have been monitored for 90,000 cycles and showed no significant changes. We therefore conclude that epoxy-bonded La–Fe–Co–Si magnetocaloric composites have good magnetocaloric properties at low material-processing costs and hence represent a competitive way to produce magnetocaloric materials to be used in AMR.

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