Progress Report 2011 [electronic resource] : Understanding compound phase transitions in Heusler alloy giant magnetocaloric materials
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2011.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- 7 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.), United States. Department of Energy, United States. Department of Energy. Office of Basic Energy Sciences, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Access Online
- Restrictions on Access:
- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary:
- Our goal is to gain insight into the fundamental physics that is responsible for magnetocaloric effects (MCE) and related properties at the atomic level. We are currently conducting a systematic study on the effects of atomic substitutions in Ni2MnGa-based alloys, and also exploring related full- and half-Heusler alloys, for example Ni-Mn-X (X=In, Sn, Sb), that exhibit a wide variety of interesting and potentially useful physical phenomena. It is already known that the magnetocaloric effect in the Heusler alloys is fundamentally connected to other interesting phenomena such as shape-memory properties. And the large magnetic entropy change in Ni2Mn0.75Cu0.25Ga has been attributed to the coupling of the first-order, martensitic transition with the second-order ferromagneticâÂÂparamagnetic (FM-PM) transition. Our research to this point has focused on understanding the fundamental physics at the origin of these complex, compound phase transitions, and the novel properties that emerge. We synthesize the materials using a variety of techniques, and explore their material properties through structural, magnetic, transport, and thermo-magnetic measurements.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:doe/sc0005295-1
doe/sc0005295-1 - Subject(s):
- Other Subject(s):
- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
12/13/2011.
"doe/sc0005295-1"
Shane Stadler. - Type of Report and Period Covered Note:
- Final; 09/15/2010 - 09/14/2011
- Funding Information:
- SC0005295
View MARC record | catkey: 14443822