Phase Transitions and Corresponding Magnetic Entropy Changes in Ni2Mn0.75Cu0.25−xCoxGa Heusler Alloys

Authors

Mahmud Khan, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Igor Dubenko, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Shane Stadler, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Naushad Ali, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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© 2007 American Institute of Physics

Published in Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 102 No. 2 (2007) at doi: 10.1063/1.2753587

Abstract

Detailed studies of room temperature crystal structures, phase transitions, and related magnetic entropy changes (ΔS_m) in shape memory alloys Ni₂Mn_0.75Cu_0.25−xCo_xGa (x = 0.0, 0.01, 0.02,0.025 0.03, 0.05) have been carried out by x-ray diffraction, magnetization, and thermal expansion measurements in magnetic fields of up to 5 T and in a temperature interval of 5–400 K. The high temperature austenitic cubic phase passes through a magnetic transition to ferromagnetic state and a structural transition to martensitic phase at the same temperature for all samples of the Ni₂Mn_0.75Cu_0.25−xCo_xGa system. The first order magnetostructural transition temperature increases from 308 to 345 K with increasing Co concentration. All of the alloys in the Ni₂Mn_0.75Cu_0.25−xCo_xGa system were found to possess large magnetic entropy changes. The maxima in the magnetic entropy changes ranged from ΔSmmax = −48 J/kg K to −64 J/kg K in a temperature range of 308–345 K.

Recommended Citation

Khan, Mahmud, Dubenko, Igor, Stadler, Shane and Ali, Naushad. "Phase Transitions and Corresponding Magnetic Entropy Changes in Ni2Mn0.75Cu0.25−xCoxGa Heusler Alloys." (Jul 2007).