Magnetocaloric effect in melt-spun nickel based Heusler alloys

• Main Author: Chen, Xi.
• Other Authors: Raju Vijayaraghavan Ramanujan
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Magnetic materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/46312
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Dwindling energy resources and unsustainable energy consumption are increasingly being seen as major global problems. Hence, energy efficient cooling technology has become an important research topic. Magnetic refrigeration, based on the magnetocaloric effect (MCE), has significant advantages compar...