The invention provides a low-temperature magnetocaloric material based on
divalent europium and application of the low-temperature magnetocaloric material, the
chemical formula of the low-temperature magnetocaloric material is EuX2, and X is F, Cl, Br or I. The
magnetic order temperature of the material is lower than 1.8 K, and the magnetic entropy change value of the material under 0-5T
magnetic field change exceeds 30J kg <-1 > K <-1 >. Typically, according to the EuCl2 material provided by the invention, due to the
single ion behavior and the free
spinning characteristic of Eu < 2 + > ions, the material shows a huge magnetocaloric effect. The maximum magnetic entropy change value of EuCl2 reaches 74.6 J kg <-1 > K <-1 > under 0-5T
magnetic field change, and is 96% of the theoretical limit; and the
magnetic field change reaches 36.8 Jkg <-1 > K <-1 > under 0-1T
low magnetic field change, which is far better than that of reported materials. In quasi-adiabatic demagnetization measurement, the EuX2 material can reach the lowest temperature of 428mK at the initial temperature of 2K and the magnetic field of 4T, and the
holding time at the temperature is as long as 1h, which is far beyond that of all reported other materials under the working condition at present. The results show that the EuX2 material has huge application value in adiabatic demagnetization
refrigeration and thermal management.