Irreversibility of field-induced magnetostructural transition in NiCoMnSb shape memory alloy revealed by magnetization, transport and heat capacity studies

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Nayak, Ajaya K ^a   Suresh, K G ^a   Nigam, A K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE PHASE; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; ENERGY FLUCTUATION; FIELD DEPENDENCE; HEAT CAPACITIES; HEAT-CAPACITY DATA; MAGNETOSTRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; MARTENSITIC PHASE; MARTENSITIC PHASIS; MARTENSITIC TRANSITIONS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY;

AUSTENITE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MARTENSITE; SPECIFIC HEAT; WEAR RESISTANCE;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 77949705004     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3365181     Document Type: Article

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