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August 30, 2016

Physicists find peculiarities in a material with a giant magnetocaloric effect
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 29, 2016
The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is manifested in cooling or heating of the magnetic material (a material having magnetic properties) in an external magnetic field. This phenomenon was first discovered in the 19th century, but the first theoretical justification was obtained some 40 years later. During the last decades MCE has been thoroughly studied, and in recent years one can observe a real boom of the reports devoted to this phenomenon. This is due to, first of all, the fact that the measuremen ... read more

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