Abstract
The poor mechanical properties of La-Fe-Si based alloys restrict the potential of these magnetocaloric materials. Hence, a novel transient liquid phase bonding (TLPB) processing technique was deployed during spark plasma sintering (SPS) of La-Fe-Si based bulk materials. A series of binder-free LaFe11.8Si1.2 bulk materials were prepared by SPS and hot-pressing sintering (HPS). Transient melting, which occurred during SPS, accelerated the decomposition of the 1:13 phase, resulting in low porosity and high strength. Compared to HPS samples, SPS samples have significantly larger maximum compressive strength (σbc)max of ∼637.9 MPa at a strain of 4.7%, good thermal conductivity of ∼7.6 W·m−1·K−1 at 300 K, and a large (−ΔSM)max value of ∼11.7 J·kg−1·K−1 at TC= 193 K under a magnetic field change of 0 − 5 T. Thus, binder-free La-Fe-Si based bulk magnetocaloric materials with an excellent property set have been successfully prepared by TLPB assisted SPS technology.
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