Optimization of the refrigerant capacity in multiphase magnetocaloric materials

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Caballero Flores, R ^a   Franco, V ^a   Conde, A ^a   Knipling, K E ^b   Willard, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FIELD; MAGNETIC ENTROPY CHANGE; MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS; MULTIPHASE MATERIALS; NONMONOTONIC; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PROOF OF CONCEPT; REFRIGERANT CAPACITY; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

GERMANIUM; OPTIMIZATION; ZIRCONIUM;

REFRIGERANTS;

EID: 79952636830     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3560445     Document Type: Article

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