TheeffectsoftheintroductionofCetoLa_(1-x)Ce_xFe_(11.5)Si_(1.5)alloyson1:13phaseformationmechanism,thefirst-ordermagneticphasetransitionstrengtheningcharacteristics,andmagnetocaloricpropertywerestudied,respectively.Theresultsshowthattheformationmechanismsof1:13andLaFeSiphasesinLa_(1-x)Ce_xFe_(11.5)Si_(1.5)alloysarethesameasthoseofCe_2Fe_(17)andCeFe_2phasesinCe–Febinarysystem,respectively.ThesubstitutionofCein1:13phasewhichislimitedcanmakethefirst-ordermagneticphasetransitioncharacteristicsstrengthen,whichcanmakethermalandmagnetichysteresisincrease,thetemperatureintervaloftemperatureinducedphasetransitiondecrease,andthecriticalmagneticfieldoffield-inducedmagneticphasetransition(HC)increase,respectively.Owingtothelatticeshrinkof1:13phasewiththeincreaseinCecontent,theCurietemperatures(TC)showalineardecrease.Themaximumchangeinmagneticentropygraduallyincreasesduetothedecreaseintemperatureintervaloftemperature-inducedphasetransition,buttherelativecoolingcapacitiesareallabout80Jákg-1atmagneticfieldof2T.
