Abstract
The phase diagram and magnetocaloric effect in itinerant magnets is explored within the Stoner theory, which yields a reasonable description of the metamagnetic transition observed in various compounds. We obtain the phase diagram as a function of temperature and magnetic field, identifying the region of metastability around the first-order ferromagnetic transition. The impact on the magnetocaloric properties has been verified through the calculation of the isothermal entropy change ΔS, which is computed from two alternative methods based on specific heat or magnetization data. From the direct comparison between the two methods, we observe that the second one is strongly dependent on the process, and we explain under what conditions they become equivalent by using the Clausius-Clapeyron equation. We also discuss the effect of metastable states on the curves of ΔS. The evolution of the transition from first to second order is in good agreement with the phenomenological approach based on the Landau expansion. The results can be applied to different magnetic compounds such as RCo2, MnAs1−xSbx, and La(FexSi1−x)13.
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