Phase transformation, microstructure and magnetocaloric properties in polycrystalline bulk Ni50Mn50-zSnz alloys

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3395-3398

  Ingale, B D ^a   Kuo, Y K ^a   Ram, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Heusler alloys; magnetic field; magnetic susceptibility; magnetization; magnetocaloric; microstructure

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOMETRY; MANGANESE ALLOYS; MARTENSITE; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; TERNARY ALLOYS; TIN; TIN ALLOYS;

HEUSLER ALLOYS; MAGNETIC TRANSFORMATIONS; MAGNETOCALORIC; MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECT (MCE); MAGNETOCALORIC PROPERTIES; POLY-CRYSTALLINE BULK; STRUCTURAL TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETRY;

MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECTS;

EID: 80053474780     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2152373     Document Type: Article

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