Abstract
We report a step-like martensitic transformation and its effect on magnetocaloric properties in Ni40.6Co8.5Mn40.9Sn10unidirectional crystal grown using the Bridgman-Stockbarger technique followed by vacuum annealing at 1173 K for 72 h. This alloy undergoes successive first-order phase transitions which are attributed to the monotonic compositional variation along the crystal growth direction; the latter results in the increase of the full-width at half-maximum of the magnetic entropy change as a function of temperature (δTFWHM). For a magnetic field change of 2 and 5 T, the maximum magnetic entropy change are 9.7 and 16.0 J kg−1K−1with an extended δTFWHMof 11 and 23 K, respectively. The average hysteresis loss for a field change of 2 T is 19 J kg−1reducing the refrigerant capacity by 17%.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 269-274 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Alloys and Compounds |
| Volume | 691 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Ferromagnetic shape memory alloy
- Magnetic entropy change
- Magnetic hysteresis losses
- Ni-Co-Mn-Sn
- Step-like martensitic transformation
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