Structural, magnetic and magnetocaloric effect studies of Ni42.5(Fe, Co, Ni, Cu)0.5Mn46Sn11 Heusler alloys

We investigated the structural and magnetic properties of Ni42.5(Fe, Co, Ni, Cu)0.5Mn46Sn11 alloys fabricated by arc melting. Substitution of Ni by Fe, Co and Cu causes lattice expansions consistent with increasing atomic sizes. The zero-field cooled and field cooled results show second-order magnet...

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Main Authors: Itegbeyogene P. Ezekiel, Thomas Moyo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2018-07-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5037756