A high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimeter with magnetic field for magnetostructural transitions

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4768-4771

  Marcos, Jordi ^a   Casanova, Fèlix ^a   Batlle, Xavier ^a   Labarta, Amílcar ^a   Planes, Antoni ^a   Mañosa, Lluís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYOSTATS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ENTROPY; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMOCOUPLES;

LATENT HEAT; MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT; MAGNETOSTRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS;

CALORIMETERS;

EID: 0345377016     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1614857     Document Type: Article

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