Abstract
Substitution of Fe for Mn atoms in Mn-Co-Ge alloys was employed for tailoring concurrent structural and magnetic phase transitions. First-order magnetostructural transition from paramagnetic hexagonal Ni2In-type parent phase to ferromagnetic orthorhombic TiNiSi-type martensite was achieved. A giant magnetocaloric effect of ASm = -9.74 J kg1 K 1 was obtained under magnetic field change of 5 T in the vicinity of phase transition temperature. This result indicates that Fe doped Mn-Co-Ge alloys are ideal candidates for magnetic refrigeration applications. Furthermore, the magnetic field-induced martensitic transformation, associated with a large lattice strain of ∼12%, was directly evidenced by in situ synchrotron high-energy X-ray diffraction.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 486-490 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Alloys and Compounds |
| Volume | 577 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- First-order magnetostructural
- Magnetocaloric effect
- Mn-Co-Ge alloys
- Transformation
- X-ray diffraction
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