| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive magnetic refrigerant having excellent magnetic refrigeration capacity and further having reduced thermal hysteresis.SOLUTION: The magnetic refrigerant is composed of a compound expressed by general formula (1). In the formula, A denotes Ge or Si, and -0.1≤&sgr;≤+0.1, 0.6≤x≤1.2, 0.03≤y≤0.7, 0<z≤0.7:(MnFeRu)(PA)(1). |
