Comparable magnetocaloric properties of melt-extracted Gd36Tb20Co20Al24 metallic glass microwires

Abstract The enhanced magnetocaloric properties are studied in melt-extracted Gd36Tb20Co20Al24 metallic glass microwires. The Curie temperature is ∼91 K for these microwires which show promising applications at liquid nitrogen range. The microwires possess spin glass phase in low temperature and spin freezing temperature is 60 K. Notably, the maximum magnetic entropy change (–ΔSMmax), the relative cooling power (RCP) and the refrigerant capacity (RC) reach high values of 12.36 J kg−1K−1, 948 J kg−1 and 731 J kg−1, respectively, under a field change of 5 T. The large –ΔSMmax originates from the high effective magnetic moment. Meanwhile, the spin fluctuation, the exchange integral fluctuation of metallic glass and the second order paramagnetic-ferromagnetic transition enlarge the phase transition range.