1. Cooling and Heating by Adiabatic Magnetization in the Heusler Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys on Ni 54 Fe 19 Ga 27 single crystal K.V. Klimov and A.N. Vasiliev (Moscow State University, Russia)

2. The temperature dependence of resistance R of Ni 54 Fe 19 Ga 27 single crystal This viewgraph presents the results of electrical resistance measurements. At T M = 285 K the sharp drop is seen at R vs. T curve which corresponds to the transition from austenite to martensite phase.

4. Temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility In wide temperature range the magnetic susceptibility is shown on this viewgraph. The anomalies at both Curie temperature and structural transitions are clearly seen.

5. The temperature dependencies of magnetization of Ni 54 Fe 19 Ga 27 single crystal in ac-mode

6. Basing on these measurements we undertook direct study of magnetocaloric effect. This study relates to the formula Evidently the change of temperature is proportional to derivative of magnetization with respect to temperature and inversely proportional to specific heat.

7. This slide show the results of magnetocaloric measurements. Clearly the effect is relatively small of about 0,2 K. Magnetocaloric measurements For comparison the similar experiment was performed on gadolinium single crystal, the result shown at this graph. The effect is significantly large, above 1.5 К at some field.