The alloying of the magnetic shape memory alloy Ni-Mn-Ga with cobalt should improve the properties, such as working temperature and ductility, which are important for the material system to be used in actuators. With a modified Bridgman-technique, several single crystalline rods of Ni-Mn-Ga-Co with different compositions were grown. It is shown here, that the structural and magnetic phase transition temperature increases. Furthermore a significant influence of the cobalt on the martensite structure has been verified. A new, in Ni-Mn-Ga unknown, orthorhombic martensite structure was observed as well as the magnetic shape memory effect in Ni-Mn-Ga-Co with a modulated tetragonal structure and a higher ductility in small magnetic fields. In addition cobalt inverts the magnetocaloric effect of Ni-Mn-Ga at the structural phase transition. This quarternary alloy has a higher capability for various applications than the ternary alloy.
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The alloying of the magnetic shape memory alloy Ni-Mn-Ga with cobalt should improve the properties, such as working temperature and ductility, which are important for the material system to be used in actuators. With a modified Bridgman-technique, several single crystalline rods of Ni-Mn-Ga-Co with different compositions were grown. It is shown here, that the structural and magnetic phase transition temperature increases. Furthermore a significant influence of the cobalt on the martensite struct...
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