Abstract
We have used the methods of classical statistical mechanics in calculating the temperature and field dependence of specific magnetic and magnetothermal properties of Nd2Fe14B. For example, we correlate the orientation of the magnetization vector, relative to a specific crystallographic axis, to the angular coordinates of the most probable location in a probability landscape of this anisotropic system. Further, we con elate the probability distribution to the associated magnetic entropy. The field dependence of the canting angle, either off the c-axis or off the basal plane, is also discussed in particular for critical magnetic fields at which first-order magnetization process takes place. Specific features of magnetization curves, at certain temperatures, are discussed in the light of results based on models involving crystal Field and/or exchange interaction effects. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved