Abstract
In this paper we demonstrate the use of the acoustic detection as an alternative way to determine the entropy variation, ΔST, a parameter normally used to characterize the magnetocaloric effect. The measurements were performed for a Gd sample in the 252–316 K temperature range for magnetic fields from zero up to 50 kOe. The reversible adiabatic curves were built in a T versus H diagram, and specific heat data obtained at zero-magnetic field were employed to assign the entropy values of each curve. Subsequently, the entropy was plotted as a function of temperature for fixed magnetic fields, and therefore the isothermal entropy variation, ΔST, was found as a function of the temperature for several magnetic field steps.
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