Effect of Al doping on the magnetic, magneto-structural, and magnetocaloric properties of Ni-Mn-In Heusler alloys

IF 2.1 4区物理与天体物理 Q3 PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER

Solid State Communications Pub Date : 2024-11-26 DOI:10.1016/j.ssc.2024.115767

Milad Arman , Farzad Shahri , Reza Gholamipour , Sajad Sohrabi

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Abstract

The present study aimed at investigating the effect of Al doping (0–1.5 at. %) on the magnetic, magneto-structural, and magnetocaloric properties of the Ni₅₀Mn₃₄In₁₆ Heusler alloy with diameters of 2 mm prepared using a suction-casting technique. X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and magnetic force microscopy (MFM) were employed to identify the structure, microstructure, and magnetic domain distribution of the samples. Also, phase transformation behavior was characterized using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) across a temperature range of 200–350 K. A SQUID Quantum Design MPMS®3 was employed to evaluate the thermo-magnetic properties of the samples during heating and cooling cycles between 175 and 375 K under a constant magnetic field of 2 T. Finally, A cryostat-equipped vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) was used to analyze the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties around the magneto-structural and magnetic phase transition temperature, up to a magnetic field of 1.75 T. Based on the results obtained, it was shown that doping 0.5 at. % Al increases magnetization, magnetic entropy change (

Δ S_{M})

and adiabatic temperature change (

Δ T_{a d})

to 79 emu/g, 3.86 J/kg.K, and 1.14 K respectively, which can be attributed to the pre-martensitic phase transformation. However, by further Al substitution up to 1.5 at. %, the magneto-structural transformation temperatures shift toward higher values, while magnetization,

Δ S_{M}

, and

Δ T_{a d}

decrease.

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Solid State Communications 物理-物理：凝聚态物理

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

4.80%

发文量

287

审稿时长

51 days

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