Thirty years of near room temperature magnetic cooling: Where we are today and future prospects

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 945-961

  Gschneidner Jr , K A ^a   Pecharsky, V K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Magnetic refrigerator; Survey; Technology

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MATERIALS; REFRIGERATION;

COOLING EFFECTS; CURRENT STATUS; FUTURE PROSPECTS; GAS-COMPRESSION; HEAT EXCHANGING; MAGNETIC COOLING; MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION (MR); MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT (MCE); MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE (POP); REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY;

COOLING;

EID: 48649084142     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.01.004     Document Type: Review

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