Large elastocaloric effect at small transformation strain in Ni45Mn44Sn11 metamagnetic shape memory alloys. (15th March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sun, Wen; Liu, Jian; Lu, Binfeng; Li, Yang; Yan, Aru
• Is Part Of: Scripta materialia. Volume 114(2016)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 4
• Publication Date: 2016-03-15
• Subjects: Shape memory alloy -- Martensitic phase transformation -- Elastocaloric effect; Materials -- Periodicals; Metallurgy -- Periodicals; Metalen; Legeringen; Materiaalkunde; Metals, metalworking and machinery industries; Metals; Electronic journals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.11.021
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-6462

Abstract

Abstract: The elastocaloric effect has been investigated by directly measuring temperature change in Ni45 Mn44 Sn11 metamagnetic shape memory alloys. The stress plateau for magnetostructural transition can be drastically reduced due to the mechanical training effect. A large temperature change of 4 K was found during compressing the sample with a small transformation strain of 1.3% at 291.5 K. Our results indicate that Ni–Mn–Sn alloys can be a promising candidate for solid-state refrigerants in mechanical cooling application by low deformation level. Graphical abstract: