Magnetic Properties of Nd12Co6Pb Compound

The magnetic and magnetocaloric properties for the Nd12Co6Pb compound were investigated. The Curie temperature TC of the magnetic transition of Nd12Co6Pb compound is 194 K. The experimentally determined magnetic effective paramagnetic moment is μeff = 12.36 μB per formula unit (3.49 μB per Nd atom). The maximum magnetic entropy change in the low magnetic field changes of 0 ∼ 2 T for the Nd12Co6Pb compound is about 215.0 J · mole−1·K−1.