We study the martensitic transformation (MT) of metamagnetic shape memory alloy Ni50Mn34.5In15.5 in the magnetic fields up to 12 T. The observed dependence of the MT temperature, Tm, on the field is highly nonlinear. As far as magnetization change, ΔM, remains field-independent, a depart from linearity of Tm(H) function is attributed to a decrease of the transformation entropy, ΔS. This decrease correlates with the parameter (TC-Tm), controlled by magnetic field, where TC is the Curie temperature of austenite, and with the dependence of ΔS on the width of the MT temperature interval deduced from a ferroelastic model of MT.
The martensitic transformation (MT) of metamagnetic shape memory alloys is very sensitive to the applied magnetic field and atomic order. We analyze the alloy Ni50Mn34.5In15.5 in magnetic fields up to 13 T. The alloy has been prepared both in an ordered state by slow cooling, and in a disordered state by rapid quenching. In both cases the dependence of the martensitic transition temperature on the field is highly nonlinear. Such departure from linearity is due to a decrease of the entropy change at the transition, ΔS, with the applied field. This can be explained by the ordering effect of the magnetic field on the frustrated magnetic structure of the alloy in the martensitic phase. Compliance with a recent model, relying on the strong magnetoelastic interactions in these compounds, is very satisfactory.
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