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Ternary Dy-Er-Al magnetic refrigerants

Patent ·
OSTI ID:869994
 [1]
  1. Ibaraki, JP
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A ternary magnetic refrigerant material comprising (Dy.sub.1-x Er.sub.x)Al.sub.2 for a magnetic refrigerator using the Joule-Brayton thermodynamic cycle spanning a temperature range from about 60K to about 10K, which can be adjusted by changing the Dy to Er ratio of the refrigerant.

Research Organization:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA; Iowa State University, Ames, IA (US)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-82
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, IA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5435137
Application Number:
08/088,882
OSTI ID:
869994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (7)

Investigations on the Possibility of the RAl2 System as a Refrigerant in an Ericsson Type Magnetic Refrigerator book January 1986
An Ericsson Magnetic Refrigerator for Low Temperature book January 1988
Materials for Regenerative Magnetic Cooling Spanning 20K to 80K book January 1992
Thermodynamic analysis of magnetically active regenerator from 30 to 70 K with a Brayton-like cycle journal October 1990
New application of complex magnetic materials to the magnetic refrigerant in an Ericsson magnetic refrigerator journal November 1987
Heat capacity in superconducting and normal-state La S x ( 1.333 <~ x <~ 1.500 ) compounds journal April 1982
Investigation of the Magnetic Refrigerant for the Ericsson Magnetic Refrigerator journal January 1987

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