Direct measurement of the magnetocaloric effect of microstructured Gd eutectic compounds using a new fast automatic device

Abstract A newly designed experimental device for direct measurement of the magnetocaloric effect has been assembled and tested. Details about calibration and preliminary measurements performed on Gd as a standard reference material are reported together with results concerning the magnetocaloric effect of three different Gd eutectic compositions (Gd–Gd 7 Pd 3 , Gd–GdZn, Gd–GdCd).