Magnetic refrigeration material

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Provided is a magnetic refrigeration material which has a Curie temperature near room temperature or higher, and provides refrigeration performance well over that of conventional materials when subjected to a field change up to 2 Tesla, which is assumed to be achievable with a permanent magnet. The magnetic refrigeration material is of a composition represented by the formula La1-fREf(Fe1-a-b-c-d-eSiaCObXcYdZe)13 (RE : at least one of rare earth elements including Sc and Y and excluding La; X : Ga and/or Al; Y : at least one of Ge, Sn, B, and C; Z : at least one of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Zr; 0.03≦a≦0.17, 0.003≦b≦0.06, 0.02≦c≦0.10, 0≦d≦0.04, 0≦e≦0.04, 0≦f≦0.50), and has Tc of not lower than 220 K and not higher than 276 K, and the maximum (−ΔSmax) of magnetic entropy change (−ΔSM) of the material when subjected to a field change up to 2 Tesla is not less than 5 J/kgK.