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The magnetocaloric properties of several AlxGdyFez (with x+y+z=100) ternary alloys have been determined between 2 and 300 K. Three distinct peaks in the magnetic entropy change ΔSm versus T were found: a low-temperature peak (near 10 K), an intermediate temperature peak (80–160 K), and a higher temperature peak (210 to 280 K). The low-temperature peak coincides with a field-induced antiferromagnetic-to-ferromagnetic transition; the intermediate and high temperature peaks are associated with other magnetic transitions. Above 60 K, these alloys exhibited superparamagnetic behavior and possessed enhanced ΔSm values, as predicted earlier for magnetic nanocomposites. © 2004 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]