TY  - JOUR
PB  - SciPost Foundation
DO  - 10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.11.013
TI  - Magnetic properties of a multicomponent intermetallic compound Tb$_{0.25}$Dy$_{0.25}$Ho$_{0.25}$Er$_{0.25}$Al$_2$
PY  - 2023/06/06
UR  - https://www.scipost.org/SciPostPhysProc.11.013
JF  - SciPost Physics Proceedings
JA  - SciPost Phys. Proc.
VL  - 
IS  - 11
SP  - 013
A1  - Jesla, P. K.
AU  - Arout Chelvane, Jeyaramane
AU  - Nirmala, R
AB  - Polycrystalline multicomponent Laves phase rare earth intermetallic compound Tb$_{0.25}$ Dy$_{0.25}$Ho$_{0.25}$Er$_{0.25}$Al$_{2}$ has been synthesized by arc-melting and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, magnetization and heat capacity measurements. The sample has MgCu$_2$-type cubic structure (space group Fd-3m) at 300 K. The compound Tb$_{0.25}$Dy$_{0.25}$Ho$_{0.25}$Er$_{0.25}$ Al$_{2}$ orders ferromagnetically at 50 K (T$_C$). This value is almost equal to the average of the ferromagnetic ordering temperatures of the individual RAl$_2$ (R = Tb, Dy, Ho and Er) compounds. Field dependence of magnetization below T$_C$ indicates soft-ferromagnetic nature. From the magnetization vs field data obtained near  T$_C$ and the temperature dependence of heat capacity, low field magnetocaloric effect has been estimated.
ER  -

@Article{10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.11.013,
	title={{Magnetic properties of a multicomponent intermetallic compound Tb$_{0.25}$Dy$_{0.25}$Ho$_{0.25}$Er$_{0.25}$Al$_2$}},
	author={P. K. Jesla and Jeyaramane Arout Chelvane and R. Nirmala},
	journal={SciPost Phys. Proc.},
	pages={013},
	year={2023},
	publisher={SciPost},
	doi={10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.11.013},
	url={https://scipost.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.11.013},
}