"Interstitial-nitrogen effect on phase transition and magnetocaloric effect in Mn(As,Si) (invited)" (2010 The effect of interstitial nitrogen on the phase transition and magnetocaloric behavior of MnAs 1−x Si x N ␦ ͑x = 0.03, 0.06, and 0.09͒ is investigated. The interstitial nitrogen atoms cause the step-scanned x-ray diffraction peaks to shift toward lower angles and lower the Curie temperature, whereas silicon addition increases the Curie temperature to near room temperature. The thermal hysteresis is reduced to nearly 0 in MnAs 1−x Si x N ␦ , which is beneficial to practical applications. For a field change of 5 T, the largest magnetic entropy change and refrigerant capacity are 14.6 J kg −1 K −1 at 247 K and 360 J kg −1 , which is slightly higher than the entropy change in the parent alloy. Finally, we briefly discuss the occurrence and origin of the "virgin effect" in MnAs.
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