Short-range ordering of magnetic refrigerant materials Pd (R = Ho, Tb) by neutron diffraction

Kitazawa, Hideaki*; Kawamura, Yukihiko*; Keller, L.*; Terada, Noriki*; Suzuki, Hiroyuki*; Mamiya, Hiroaki*; Doenni, A.*; Lee, S.*; Metoki, Naoto; Kaneko, Koji; et al.

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Antiferromagnetic HoPd(K) with cubic structure accompanies very large magneto-calorimetric eefect (MCE) at 34K. We showed that this compound remains short range order with incommensurate modulation [0.18,0.18,0.18] developing at low temperatures. The short range correlation increases below 70K in TbPd(K).