Magnetocaloric materials

US9238592B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9238592-B2
Application numberUS-98408011-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 4, 2011
Priority dateJan 11, 2010
Publication dateJan 19, 2016
Grant dateJan 19, 2016

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What are described are magnetocaloric materials of the general formula (Mn x Fe 1−x ) 2+z P 1−y Si y where 0.55≦x<1 0.4≦y≦0.8 −0.1≦z≦0.1.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A magnetocaloric material of formula (1): (Mn x Fe 1−x ) 2+z P 1−y Si y   (1) where 0.6≦x≦0.65 0.45≦y≦0.6 −0.05≦z≦0.05. 2. The magnetocaloric material according to claim 1 , which has a hexagonal structure of the Fe 2 P type. 3. A process for producing the magnetocaloric material according to claim 1 , said process comprising: performing solid phase conversion or liquid phase conversion of Mn, Fe, P and Si to a material of formula (1), wherein the Mn, Fe, P and Si are in element form or alloy form, optionally cooling the material of formula (1), and then a) pressing, sintering and heat treating under inert gas atmosphere and subsequently cooling to room temperature the optionally cooled material of formula (1), or b) melt spinning of a melt of the optionally cooled material of formula (1). 4. A process for producing the magnetocaloric material according to claim 1 , comprising: a) converting Mn, Fe, P and Si to a material of formula (1), wherein the Mn, Fe, P and Si are in element form or alloy form, and wherein the material of formula (1) is in the solid and/or liquid phase, b) if the material of formula (1) from a) is in the liquid phase, converting said material in the liquid phase to a solid phase, c) sintering and/or heat treating the material of formula (1) in the solid phase from a) or b), d) quenching the sintered and/or heat treated material of formula (1) in the solid phase from c) at a cooling rate of at least 100 K/s. 5. A cooler, a heat exchanger or a generator, comprising the magnetocaloric material according to claim 1 .

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What does patent US9238592B2 cover?
What are described are magnetocaloric materials of the general formula (Mn x Fe 1−x ) 2+z P 1−y Si y where 0.55≦x<1 0.4≦y≦0.8 −0.1≦z≦0.1.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Reesink Bernard Hendrik, Brueck Ekkehard, Nguyen Huu Dung, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification C04B35/58085. Mapped technology areas include Chemistry & Metallurgy.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 19 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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