The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) has made great success in very low temperature refrigeration, which is highly desirable for application to the extended higher tem-perature range. Here we report the giant enhancement o...The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) has made great success in very low temperature refrigeration, which is highly desirable for application to the extended higher tem-perature range. Here we report the giant enhancement of MCE in the metallic glass composite. The large magnetic refrigerant capacity (RC) up to 103 J·kg-1 is more than double the RC of the well-known crystalline magnetic refrigerant compound Gd5Si2Ge1.9Fe0.1 (357 J·kg-1) and MnFeP0.45As0.55 (390 J·kg-1)(containing either ex-orbitant-cost Ge or poisonous As). The full width at half maximum of the magnetic entropy change (ΔSm) peak almost spreads over the whole low-temperature range (from 303 to 30 K), which is five times wider than that of the Gd5Si2Ge1.9Fe0.1 and pure Gd. The maximum ΔSm approaches a nearly constant value in a wide tem-perature span over 100 K, and however, such a broad table-like region near room temperature has seldom been found in alloys and compounds. In combination with the intrinsic amorphous nature, the metallic glass composite may be potential for the ideal Ericsson-cycle magnetic refrigeration over a broad temperature range near room temperature.展开更多
Electrical resistance strain gauges(SGs) are useful tools for experimental stress analysis and the strain sensing elements in many electromechanical transducers including load cells,pressure transducers,torque meters,...Electrical resistance strain gauges(SGs) are useful tools for experimental stress analysis and the strain sensing elements in many electromechanical transducers including load cells,pressure transducers,torque meters,accelerometers,force cells,displacement transducers and so forth.The commonly used commercial crystalline strain sensing materials of SGs are in the form of wire or foil of which performance and reliability is not good enough due to their low electrical resistivity and incapacity to get thin thickness.Smaller SGs with single straight strand strain sensing materials,which are called ideal SG,are highly desirable for more than seven decades since the first SG was invented.Here,we show the development of a type of minuscule length scale strain gauge by using a bare and single straight strand metallic glassy fiber(MGF) with high resistivity,much smaller lengthscale,high elastic limits(2.16%) and especially the super piezoresistance effect.We anticipate that our metallic glassy fiber strain gauge(MGFSG),which moves toward the ideal SGs,would have wide applications for electromechanical transducers and stress analysis and catalyze development of more micro-and nanoscale metallic glass applications.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50621061 and 50731008)the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Grant No. 2007CB613904)
文摘The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) has made great success in very low temperature refrigeration, which is highly desirable for application to the extended higher tem-perature range. Here we report the giant enhancement of MCE in the metallic glass composite. The large magnetic refrigerant capacity (RC) up to 103 J·kg-1 is more than double the RC of the well-known crystalline magnetic refrigerant compound Gd5Si2Ge1.9Fe0.1 (357 J·kg-1) and MnFeP0.45As0.55 (390 J·kg-1)(containing either ex-orbitant-cost Ge or poisonous As). The full width at half maximum of the magnetic entropy change (ΔSm) peak almost spreads over the whole low-temperature range (from 303 to 30 K), which is five times wider than that of the Gd5Si2Ge1.9Fe0.1 and pure Gd. The maximum ΔSm approaches a nearly constant value in a wide tem-perature span over 100 K, and however, such a broad table-like region near room temperature has seldom been found in alloys and compounds. In combination with the intrinsic amorphous nature, the metallic glass composite may be potential for the ideal Ericsson-cycle magnetic refrigeration over a broad temperature range near room temperature.
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50921091 and 50731008)the National Basic Research Program of China (973) (Grant Nos. 2007CB613904 and2010CB731603)
文摘Electrical resistance strain gauges(SGs) are useful tools for experimental stress analysis and the strain sensing elements in many electromechanical transducers including load cells,pressure transducers,torque meters,accelerometers,force cells,displacement transducers and so forth.The commonly used commercial crystalline strain sensing materials of SGs are in the form of wire or foil of which performance and reliability is not good enough due to their low electrical resistivity and incapacity to get thin thickness.Smaller SGs with single straight strand strain sensing materials,which are called ideal SG,are highly desirable for more than seven decades since the first SG was invented.Here,we show the development of a type of minuscule length scale strain gauge by using a bare and single straight strand metallic glassy fiber(MGF) with high resistivity,much smaller lengthscale,high elastic limits(2.16%) and especially the super piezoresistance effect.We anticipate that our metallic glassy fiber strain gauge(MGFSG),which moves toward the ideal SGs,would have wide applications for electromechanical transducers and stress analysis and catalyze development of more micro-and nanoscale metallic glass applications.
