From single- to double-first-order magnetic phase transition in magnetocaloric Mn1-x CrxCoGe compounds

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Trung, N T ^a   Biharie, V ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Caron, L ^a   Buschow, K H J ^a   Bruck E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; COOLING APPLICATIONS; CR CONTENT; FERROMAGNETIC STATE; FIRST-ORDER; FIRST-ORDER MAGNETIC PHASE TRANSITIONS; GIANT MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT; MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS; MAGNETO-ELASTIC; MAGNETOCALORIC; MAGNETOSTRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; MN ATOMS; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; PARAMAGNETIC STATE; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; TUNABILITIES;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CHROMIUM; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77951774168     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3399774     Document Type: Article

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