Magnetic properties and large magnetocaloric effects of GdPd intermetallic compound

A large reversible MCE without thermal and magnetic hysteresis has been observed in GdPd. The maximum values of the magnetic entropy change (|ΔSMMax|) amount to 12.40 and 20.14 J/(kg·K) for GdPd under magnetic field changes of 2 and 5 T, respectively.178