Direct measurements of the magnetocaloric effect in pulsed magnetic fields: The example of the Heusler alloy Ni$_{50}$Mn$_{35}$In$_{15}$

M. Ghorbani Zavareh; C. Salazar Mejía; A. K. Nayak; Y. Skourski; J. Wosnitza; C. Felser; M. Nicklas

doi:10.1063/1.4913446

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Direct measurements of the magnetocaloric effect in pulsed magnetic fields: The example of the Heusler alloy Ni $_{50}$ Mn $_{35}$ In $_{15}$

arXiv:1501.04430 · doi:10.1063/1.4913446

Abstract

We have studied the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in the shape-memory Heusler alloy Ni $_{50}$ Mn $_{35}$ In $_{15}$ by direct measurements in pulsed magnetic fields up to 6 and 20 T. The results in 6 T are compared with data obtained from heat-capacity experiments. We find a saturation of the inverse MCE, related to the first-order martensitic transition, with a maximum adiabatic temperature change of $Δ T_{a d} = - 7$ K at 250 K and a conventional field-dependent MCE near the second-order ferromagnetic transition in the austenitic phase. The pulsed magnetic field data allow for an analysis of the temperature response of the sample to the magnetic field on a time scale of $\sim 10$ to 100 ms which is on the order of typical operation frequencies (10 to 100 Hz) of magnetocaloric cooling devices. Our results disclose that in shape-memory alloys the different contributions to the MCE and hysteresis effects around the martensitic transition have to be carefully considered for future cooling applications.

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Direct measurements of the magnetocaloric effect in pulsed magnetic fields: The example of the Heusler alloy Ni50​Mn35​In15​

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Direct measurements of the magnetocaloric effect in pulsed magnetic fields: The example of the Heusler alloy Ni $_{50}$ Mn $_{35}$ In $_{15}$