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Brück, E.H. (author), Trung, N.T. (author), Zhang, L. (author), Caron, L. (author), Buschow, K.H.J. (author)The MnCoGe alloy can crystallize in either the hexagonal Ni2In- or the orthorhombic TiNiSi-type of structure. In both phases MnCoGe behaves like a typical ferromagnet with a second-order magnetic phase transition. For MnCoGeBx with B on interstitial positions, we discover a giant magnetocaloric effect associated with a single first-order...journal article 2010
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Trung, N.T. (author), Biharie, V. (author), Zhang, L. (author), Caron, L. (author), Buschow, K.H.J. (author), Brück, E.H. (author)Substitution of some Cr for Mn atoms in MnCoGe was employed to control the magnetic and structural transitions in this alloy to coincide, leading to a single first-order magnetostructural transition from the ferromagnetic to the paramagnetic state with a giant magnetocaloric effect observed near room temperature. Further increase in the Cr...journal article 2010