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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 109, 2017
2017 2nd International Conference on Materials Science and Nanotechnology (ICMSNT 2017) – 2017 2nd International Symposium on Material Science and Technology (ISMST 2017)
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| Article Number | 04004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Chapter 4: Properties and Service Behaviours of Materials and Nanomaterials | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201710904004 | |
| Published online | 31 May 2017 | |
Magneto Caloric Properties of Polycrystalline Gd2O2S for an Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
1 Department of Urban Environment System, Chiba University Chiba 263-8522, Japan
2 Environment and Energy Materials Division, National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, Japan
a Corresponding author: fukuda393@gmail.com
Currently, many space missions that use cryogenic equipment are being planned. In particular, high resolution sensors, such as transition edge sensors, require very low operating temperatures, below 100 mK. Adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator (ADR) systems are a useful tool for producing ultra-low temperatures in space because these devices can operate independently of gravity. The magnetic material is one of the most important components with respect to effectiveness of the cooling power. Thus, we could increase the cooling power using a magnetic material that has a large entropy change over the operating temperature range. Polycrystalline Gd2O2S (GOS), which was developed by Numazawa et al, can be used as such as a magnetic regenerator material. Furthermore, GOS has a very large specific heat and a magnetic phase transition temperature of about 5.2 K. These features make GOS suitable for use in the high temperature stage of an ADR. In this study, we measured and evaluated the physical properties of GOS for applications to ADRs.
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