Magnetostructural transitions and adiabatic temperature variation in polycrystal and single-crystal Ni2MnGa alloys
Author(s) -
Carlo Paolo Sasso,
M. Pasquale,
L. Giudici,
S. Besseghini,
Elena Villa,
L. H. Lewis,
T. A. Lograsso,
D. L. Schlagel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.699
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1089-7550
pISSN - 0021-8979
DOI - 10.1063/1.2162335
Subject(s) - magnetic refrigeration , materials science , curie temperature , adiabatic process , condensed matter physics , diffusionless transformation , microstructure , crystallite , single crystal , transition temperature , martensite , magnetization , thermodynamics , ferromagnetism , metallurgy , crystallography , magnetic field , chemistry , superconductivity , physics , quantum mechanics
The magnetocaloric response of off-stoichiometric Ni2MnGa polycrystal and single-crystal samples with a Curie temperature coincident with the martensitic transition temperature was investigated. The direct measurement of temperature change (ΔTad) during an adiabatic transformation under a maximum field variation ΔH=5.6×106A∕m (7T) was performed. The polycrystalline sample shows a maximum ΔTad≈1.5K at a temperature close to the structural transition. The value of ΔTad and the 20K span of the ΔTad peak encourage further studies of the effect of microstructure on the magnetocaloric response of Ni2MnGa.
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