Abstract
The effects of Cu substitution on the phase transitions and magnetocaloric effect of Mn50Ni40−xCuxSn10 Heusler alloys were investigated. With the increase of Cu content, the martensitic transformation (MT) temperature shifts substantially towards lower temperature, while the Curie temperature of austenite remains almost unchanged. The reverse MT temperature decreases from 180 to 171 K for Mn50Ni39Cu1Sn10 alloy as the magnetic field increases from 1 to 30 kOe. Under an applied magnetic field of 30 kOe, the maximum values of magnetic field induced entropy changes are 19.6, 28.9, and 14.2 J/kg K for x = 0, 1, and 2, respectively. The effective refrigerant capacities and hysteresis losses for these alloys were discussed in this paper.
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