One-step sintering process for the production of magnetocaloric La(Fe,Si)₁₃-based composites

• Main Authors: Zhong, Xi-Chun, Dong, Xu-Tao, Huang, Jiao-Hong, Liu, Cui-Lan, Zhang, Hu, Huang, You-Lin, Yu, Hong-Ya, Ramanujan, Raju V.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Sintering; Grain Boundary Diffusion
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165212
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A one-step sintering process was developed to produce magnetocaloric La(Fe,Si)13/Ce-Co composites. The effects of Ce2Co7 content and sintering time on the relevant phase transformations were determined. Following sintering at 1373 K/30 MPa for 1–6 h, the NaZn13-type (La,Ce)(Fe,Co,Si)13 phase formed,...