In the present paper we have investigated the method to produce the high efficient regenerator by using the magnetic regenerator materials in the He temperature range. These days, the magnetic materials with low magnetic phase transition temperature
Tc are thought to be the promising regenerator materials below 10K. However, the very sharp peak of the magnetic specific heat
CJ appears near
Tc in the temperature dependence curve and, moreover, its value is almost same order of the value of the specific heat of the He gas. Therefore, it is difficult to make the efficient regenerator by using only a kind of a magnetic material. In the present investigation, in order to produce the highly efficient regenerator, we selected two kinds of magnetic materials whose
Tc's are different, and produced the layered type regenerator in which the magnetic material with the high
Tc piled up that with the low
Tc. In the computer simulation and experiment it is verified that the layered type regenerator (Er
0.9Yb
0.1Ni+Er
3Ni) is more efficient than that with only Er
3Ni. Moreover, we have made new double-layered regenerator with Er
0.9Yb
0.1Ni and Er
3Co, where
Tc of Er
3Co is almost twice
Tc of Er
3Ni. Applying this regenerator to the GM refrigerator, we have succeeded to obtain the fairly large refrigeration capacity of 1.05W at 4.2K. Finally, on the basis of the above results, we discussed the direction of the development of the magnetic regenerator in future.
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