Published September 21, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetocaloric effect and magnetic-field-induced shape recovery effect at room temperature in ferromagnetic Heusler alloy Ni-Mn-Sb

  • 1. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, and International Centre for Materials Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016 (China)

Description

The martensitic transition, magnetocaloric effect (MCE) and shape memory effect (MSE) of ferromagnetic Heusler alloys Ni50Mn50-xSbx (x = 12, 13 and 14) have been investigated. A large positive magnetic entropy change ΔSM was observed in the vicinity of the martensitic transition. The maximum value of ΔSM is 9.1 J kg-1 K-1 in Ni50Mn37Sb13 at 287 K for a magnetic field change of 5 T. This change originates from the first-order transition from a low-temperature weak-magnetic martensitic phase to a high-temperature ferromagnetic parent phase. A magnetic-field-induced shape recovery strain of about 15 ppm at room temperature and at a relatively low magnetic field (1.2 T) was observed to accompany the reverse martensitic transformation. The large field-induced MCE and MSE in the NiMnSb system make it a promising material for room-temperature application

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0022-3727/40/18/001;
PII
S0022-3727(07)51587-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
18
Journal Page Range
p. 5523-5526
ISSN
0022-3727
CODEN
JPAPBE

Conference

Title
25. anniversary meeting of the Institute of Physics Tribology Group
Dates
1 Feb 2006
Place
London (United Kingdom)