YU , Hongya

The amorphous alloys Gd60Co40−xMnx (x = 0, 5, 10, 15) were prepared by melt spinning. The Curie temperature,T c, increases monotonously with Mn addition, ranging from 198 K for x = 0 to 205 K for x = 15, while the maximum values of −ΔSM under the applied field change from 0 to 5 T are 7.7, 7.1, 6.2 and 5.4 J·kg−1·K−1 for x = 0, 5, 10, and 15,...