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Structure, Magnetocaloric Effect and Critical Behaviour in Ni50Mn30(Sn,In)20 Heusler Alloys

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A detailed investigation of structure, critical behaviour and magnetocaloric properties of Ni50Mn30Sn20 (Sn20) and Ni50Mn30In20 (In20) alloys has been investigated by means of X-ray diffraction and magnetic measurements. Ni50Mn30Sn20 alloy shows a cubic austenite L21 structure and undergoes a second order magnetic transition at a Curie temperature of \( {T}_{\mathrm{c},1}^{\mathrm{A}}(Sn20)=333\ \mathrm{K} \). However, the Ni50Mn30In20 alloy exhibits a mixture of cubic L21 and B2 austenite structures having Curie temperatures of \( {T}_{\mathrm{c},2}^{\mathrm{A}}(In20)=285\ \mathrm{K} \) and \( {T}_{\mathrm{c}}^{\ast }(In20)=330\ K \), respectively. The modified Arrott plots, Kouvel-Fisher curves and critical isotherm analysis have been used to estimate the critical exponents (β, γ and δ) around the Curie temperature. For Sn20 alloy, the reliable exponents are consistent with the mean field model, revealing long-range ferromagnetic interactions. Nevertheless, the critical exponents of In20 alloy around 330 K cannot be arranged into any of the universality classes of well-known classical standard models. The maximum entropy change under 5 T of Sn20 (\( \Delta {S}_{\mathrm{M}}^{\mathrm{max}}=2.43\frac{J}{\mathrm{kg}}.\mathrm{K} \)) is slightly higher than that of In20 (\( \Delta {S}_{\mathrm{M}}^{\mathrm{max}}=2.05\frac{J}{\mathrm{kg}}.K \)). The experimental results of entropy changes are in good agreement with those calculated using Landau theory.

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This work has been supported by the DGRSDT/MESRS Algeria, PHC-Maghreb 15 MAG07, Spanish MINECO projects MAT2013-47231-C2-2-P and MAT2016-75967-P, and the Erasmus+k107 STA program.

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  1. Laboratoire de Magnétisme et Spectroscopie des Solides (LM2S), Département de Physique, Université Badji Mokhtar Annaba, B.P. 12, 23000, Annaba, Algeria

    K. Dadda & S. Alleg

  2. Dept. Fisica, Universitat de Girona, Campus Montillivi, 17071, Girona, Spain

    J. J. Suñol

  3. ICMPE (UMR 7182) CNRS-UPEC, Université Paris–Est, F-94320, Thiais, France

    L. Bessais

  4. Institut Néel, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, 25 Rue des Martyrs BP 166, F-38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France

    E. K. Hlil

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Dadda, K., Alleg, S., Suñol, J.J. et al. Structure, Magnetocaloric Effect and Critical Behaviour in Ni50Mn30(Sn,In)20 Heusler Alloys. J Supercond Nov Magn 33, 2209–2218 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-020-05485-3

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