Abstract
A new ceramic magnetic regenerator material GdVO/sub 4/ has been fabricated and tested. The new regenerator material has an antiferromagnetic transition at 2.2 K with a large heat capacity more than 0.8 J/cm/sup 3/K. The cooling tests with a 0.1 W-class GM cryocooler have been done with /sup 3/He gas as a working fluid. The 2nd regenerator consisted of Pb, HoCu/sub 2/, Gd/sub 2/OS, GdAlO/sub 3/ and GdVO/sub 4/. The configuration was adjusted by partially replacing the GdAlO/sub 3/ with the GdVO/sub 4/. A cooling capacity at 1.8 K for the 2nd regenerator was increased by about 10% and the minimum cooling temperature was obtainable at 1.4 K. The cooling test results show that the high heat capacity magnetic materials are useful to provide both the higher cooling capacity and the lower minimum temperature, but more precise adjustments are needed to optimize the configuration of the regenerator.
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