Table 2: To the best of authors knowledge, all experimental studies conducted on Gd5(Si2Ge2) as reported in literature is presented. Variation in MCE properties (TC, Δ|SM|, ΔTad and RCP) is because of fabrication (Ball Milling, annealing, purity of starting materials etc), synthesization (size, shape etc) and experimental conditions.

Sample TC (K) Δ|SM| (J/Kg K) ΔTad (K) ΔH (KOe) RCP (J/Kg) Ref
Gd5Si2Ge2 272 36 17 50 **504 [17]
Gd5Si2Ge2 275 28 50 **625 [18]
Gd5(Si0.5Ge0.5)4 275 18 50 **540 [3]
Gd5Si2Ge2 *275 *19.5 50 **370 [19]
Gd5(Si2Ge2) 276 19 *15 50 **228 [5]
Gd5(Si2Ge2)
Gd5(Si2Ge2)
*280
*299
18.5
*7.5
50
50
**445 [6]
[6]
Gd5(Si2Ge2) *279 *14.5 *12.6 50 **224 [21]
Gd5Si2Ge2 300 8.38 50 [9]
(Gd5Si2Ge2 )
Gd0.3(Gd5Si2Ge2)0.7
Gd0.5(Gd5Si2Ge2)0.5
Gd0.7(Gd5Si2Ge2)0.3
284
286
288
293
2.9
1.6
1.8
2
15
15
15
15
[22]
[22]
[22]
[22]
(Gd5Si2Ge2 )x
(Gd)y
(Gd5Si1.95Ge2.05 )z
277
299
246
3.9
3.3
2.2
15
15
15
[23]
[23]
[23]