Influence of Ti Doping on the Critical Behavior and Magnetocaloric Effect in Disordered Ferromagnets La0.7Ba0.3Mn1-x Ti x O3

The Ti-substitution influence on the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of La0.7Ba0.3Mn1-x Ti (x) O-3 (x = 0.05 and 0.1) was investigated. Based on Banerjee's criteria and Franco's universal curves, we proved the existence of a second-order magnetic phase transition in the samples. Using the modified Arrott plot method, we determined the critical parameters T (C) a parts per thousand 245 K, beta = 0.374 +/- A 0.013, gamma = 1.228 +/- A 0.045, and delta = 4.26 +/- A 0.03 for x = 0.05, and T (C) a parts per thousand 169 K, beta = 0.339 +/- A 0.001, gamma = 1.307 +/- A 0.003, and delta = 4.78 +/- A 0.02 for x = 0.1. With these critical values, the predictable scaling behavior of the M(H) data above and below T (C) proves that the calculated exponents are unambiguous and intrinsic. The values beta = 0.374 for x = 0.05 and beta = 0.339 for x = 0.1 suggest that the magnetic phase transition of the samples falls into the three-dimensional (3D) Heisenberg and 3D Ising universality classes, respectively, corresponding to short-range ferromagnetic (FM) order due to FM clusters in a wide temperature range even above T (C), as confirmed by electron spin resonance studies. In reference to the magnetocaloric effect around T (C), the magnetic entropy change reaches maximum values (|Delta S-max|) of about 4 and 3 J kg(-1) K-1 for x = 0.05 and 0.1, respectively, for a magnetic field change 50 kOe. Magnetic field dependencies of |Delta S-max| obey a power function |Delta S-max(H)| ae H (n) , where exponent values n = 0.59 and 0.61 for x = 0.05 and 0.1, respectively, were determined from the relation n = 1 + (beta-1)/(beta + gamma). The difference between the experimental n values and the theoretical value n = 2/3 of the mean field model is due to the presence of short-range FM order in the samples.