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Title:	Magnetic field induced entropy change and magnetoelasticity in Ni-Mn-Ga alloys
Author:	Marcos, Jordi; Planes Vila, Antoni; Mañosa, Lluís; Casanova i Fernàndez, Fèlix; Batlle Gelabert, Xavier; Labarta, Amílcar; Martínez Benjamin, Joan Josep
Other authors:	Universitat de Barcelona
Abstract:	The magnetocaloric effect that originates from the martensitic transition in the ferromagnetic Ni-Mn-Ga shape-memory alloy is studied. We show that this effect is controlled by the magnetostructural coupling at both the martensitic variant and magnetic domain length scales. A large entropy change induced by moderate magnetic fields is obtained for alloys in which the magnetic moment of the two structural phases is not very different. We also show that this entropy change is not associated with the entropy difference between the martensitic and the parent phase arising from the change in the crystallographic structure which has been found to be independent of the magnetic field within this range of fields.
Subject(s):	-Transformacions martensítiques -Magnetostricció -Entropia -Aliatges -Materials ferromagnètics -Martensitic transformations -Magnetostriction -Entropy -Alloys -Ferromagnetic materials
Rights:	(c) The American Physical Society, 2002
Document type:	Article Article - Published version
Published by:	The American Physical Society
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