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Effect of boron on the magneto-caloric effect in Fe91−x Zr9B x (x = 3, 4, 5) amorphous alloys

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In the present work, Fe91−x Zr9B x (x = 3, 4, 5) amorphous alloys were employed to study the effect of boron on the magnetic properties of Fe-based amorphous alloys. Thermal and magnetic properties of Fe91−x Zr9B x (x = 3, 4, 5) amorphous alloys were measured. Although the amorphous alloys show similar glass forming ability, peak values of magnetic entropy change (−ΔS peakm ) and Curie temperature (T c) near room temperature improve significantly with increasing boron content. The improved T c, as well as −ΔS peakm , is due to the enhanced direct interaction between Fe atoms, which is ascertained by the increasing µ eff with boron addition in the Fe91−x Zr9B x (x = 3, 4, 5) amorphous alloys.

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This study was funded by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51271103 and 51671119), the Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology (Grant No. cstc2015jcyjBX0039), and the Foundation for the Creative Research Groups of Higher Education of Chongqing (No. CXTDX201601016).

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Yu, P., Zhang, J.Z. & Xia, L. Effect of boron on the magneto-caloric effect in Fe91−x Zr9B x (x = 3, 4, 5) amorphous alloys. J Mater Sci 52, 13948–13955 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1476-9

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