Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect of HoCo 3 B 2 compound AIP Advances 8, 056432 (2018) The magnetic behavior and MCE property of NdGa compound were studied in detail. According to the temperature dependence of magnetization (M-T) curve at 0.01 T, two sharp changes were observed at 20 K (T SR ) and 42 K (T C ), respectively, corresponding to spin reorientation and FM-PM transition. Isothermal magnetization curves up to 5 T at different temperatures were measured and magnetic entropy change (∆S M ) was calculated based on M-H data. Temperature dependences of -∆S M for a field change of 0-2 T and 0-5 T show that there are two peaks on the curves corresponding to T SR and T C , respectively. The value of the two peaks is 6.4 J/kg K and 15.5 J/kg K for the field change of 0-5 T. Since the two peaks are close, the value of -∆S M in the temperature range between T SR and T C keeps a large value. The excellent MCE performance of NdGa compound benefits from the existence of two successive magnetic transitions. © 2018 Author (s)