Large low-field inverse magnetocaloric effect near room temperature in Ni50-xMn37+xIn13 Heusler alloys

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 265-270

  Rama Rao, N V ^a,c   Gopalan, R ^a,b   Chandrasekaran, V ^a   Suresh, K G ^c  

^a DEFENCE METALLURGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRST-ORDER; HEUSLER ALLOYS; LOW FIELD; LOW MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC ENTROPY CHANGE; MAGNETO-CALORIC EFFECTS; MAGNETOCALORIC PROPERTIES; MARTENSITIC TRANSITIONS; NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE; REFRIGERATION CAPACITY; SMALL VARIATIONS; TEMPERATURE INTERVALS;

ALLOYS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MARTENSITE;

CERIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 77953539989     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-009-5517-3     Document Type: Article

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