Influence of Noise on the Determination of Curie Temperature From Magnetocaloric Analysis

In this paper, we study the effect of the signal-to-noise ratio of magnetization measurements on the determination of the Curie temperature from the analysis of the magnetocaloric response. The procedure has been compared with the method of the inflection point of the magnetization versus temperature curves. Magnetization data have been simulated using the Arrott-Noakes equation of state, with the addition of different noise levels (either 1%of the measured signal or 0.3% of the measurement range). It is shown that the obtained values of the Curie temperature are more accurate in the case of the magnetocaloric procedure, although this method requires more data analysis than the inflection point method. Moreover, the field independence of the Curie temperature obtained from the magnetocaloric procedure allows us to perform a statistical analysis of the obtained values, reducing the associated error in the Curie temperature determination.