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Co-occurrence of magnetic and structural transitions in the Heusler alloy Ni53Mn25Ga22

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

A co-occurrence of magnetic and structural transitions was observed in a nonstoichiometric Ni53Mn25Ga22 alloy which undergoes a reverse martensitic transformation from ferromagnetic martensite to paramagnetic austenite at a magnetic transition temperature (134°C) higher than the Curie temperature of the stoichiometric Ni2MnGa alloy (103°C). The effect of the magnetic field on the phase transition temperature was found to be two orders of magnitude greater in the present alloy than in Ni2MnGa due to the absence of the ferromagnetic state in austenite. This may open the possibility of utilizing NiMnGa alloys at a low magnetic field.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1619-1621
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume80
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Mar 2002

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