| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7998909 | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Magnetostructural transition and magnetocaloric effect were investigated for MnCoGe-NiCoGe system. Chemically alloying NiCoGe with the parent compound MnCoGe stabilizes the high-temperature hexagonal structure relative to the low-temperature orthorhombic structure and keeps their Curie temperatures nearly constants, establishing a Curie temperature window in which the magnetic and structural transitions coincide. As a result, magnetostructural transitions occur between ferromagnetic and paramagnetic states with sharp jumps in magnetization around room temperature. Large magnetocaloric effects with tunable phase transition temperatures were observed in the MnCoGe-NiCoGe system.
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Authors
C.L. Zhang, H.F. Shi, E.J. Ye, Y.G. Nie, Z.D. Han, D.H. Wang,