This dissertation deals with two prospectives of rare earth technology. It’s application in magnetic cooling as well as its harvesting and recycling phase. The emphasis is on mapping and manipulating the transport processes of energy and mass, during magnetic cooling and rare earth magnetic separation, under the influence of magnetic field. Distinguished by the driving force of flow field, they belong to the context of magnetohydrodynamics and ferrohydrodynamics, respectively. Multiple aspects are investigated with respect to magnetic cooling. First, the transient dynamics of heat transfer from two periodically magnetized gadolinium (Gd) plates into a heat transfer fluid (n-decane) is studied. It demonstrates that the propagation of the thermal fronts emanating from the Gd plates after magnetization or demagnetization obeys a √t-dependence. A finite time required for magnetization and demagnetization causes a spatially delayed propagation of the thermal fronts. The diffusive heat flux, derived from the temperature profiles, experiences a drop down by about 80% after first 3 seconds while the percentage of thermal energy transferred into n-decane experiences a maximum there. With a stagnant fluid, this work provides reasons for lower bounds of geometry and operation frequency of a simplified parallel-plate structure in the diffusive limit. Furthermore, the potential of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) convection to increase heat transfer during magnetic cooling is tested. To do this, a section of an active magnetic regenerator is considered, namely a flat gadolinium plate, immersed in an initially stagnant heat transfer fluid (NaOH) which is placed in a cuboid glass cell. To create the MHD flow, a small electric current is injected by means of two electrodes and interacts with the already present magnetic field. As a result, a Lorentz force is generated, which drives a swirling flow in the present model configuration. By means of particle image velocimetry and Mach-Zehnder interferometry, the flow field and its impact on the heat transfer at the gadolinium plate is analyzed. For the magnetization stage, a heat transfer enhancement by about 40 % can be achieved even with low currents of 3 mA is found. In parallel to enhance the heat transfer by an actively stirring of the heat transfer fluid by means of MHD, alternative fluid candidate is also investigated. A room temperature eutectic liquid metal GaInSn, with superior Pr≈ 0.03, and comparable viscosity like that of water is tested in a segment of parallel plate AMR. Due to the high electric conductivity, velocity field of GaInSn contrasting to that of aqueous based ones is strongly influenced by magnetic field due to Lorentz force. Therefore, preliminary velocity measurements by means of ultrasound doppler velocimetry with a quasi homogeneous static magnetic field (220 mT) in a duct channel at the non-conducting Shercliff walls are conducted. The Hartmann walls are constituted of two parallel Gd plates. The second part of this dissertation, rare earth harvesting and recycling, aims to answer the question of why an enrichment of paramagnetic ions can be observed in a magnetic field gradient despite the presence of a counteracting Brownian motion. For that purpose, a rare-earth chloride (DyCl3) solution is studied in which weak evaporation is adjusted by means of small differences in the vapor pressure. The temporal evolution of the refractive index field of this solution, as a result of heat and mass transfer, is measured by means of a Mach–Zehnder interferometer. A numerical algorithm is developed that splits the refractive index field into two parts, one space-dependent and conservative and the other time-dependent and transient. By using this algorithm in conjunction with a numerical simulation of the temperature and concentration field, it is able to show that 90% of the refractive index in the evaporation-driven boundary layer is caused by an increase in the concentration of Dy(III) ions. A simplified analysis of the gravitational and magnetic forces, entering the Rayleigh number, leads to a diagram of the system’s instability. Accordingly, the enrichment layer of elevated Dy(III) concentration is placed in a spatial zone dominated by a field gradient force. This leads to the unconditional stability of this layer in the present configuration. The underlying mechanism is the levitation and reshaping of the evaporation-driven boundary layer by the magnetic field gradient.

The main goal of the present work was the synthesis of alkaline-earth nitridomanganates (AExMnyNz) with extended anionic structures and the characterization of their electronic and magnetic properties. Up to now, only compounds with isolated nitridomanganate anions have been reported in the discussed ternary systems. A systematic exploratory synthesis, employing high-temperature treatment of AE nitrides and Mn under controlled N2 pressure, yielded more than ten new nitridomanganates. Their crystal structures contain anionic building blocks of different dimensionalities, ranging from isolated species to three-dimensional frameworks. In general, the formation of Mn-rich compositions was found to be driven by the emergence of Mn-Mn interactions, which creates a link between nitridometalates and transition-metal-rich binary nitrides. The obtained nitridomanganates display a plethora of interesting phenomena, such as large spin-orbit coupling, magnetic frustration, quenching of magnetism due to Mn-Mn interactions, and metal-insulator transition.

Diese Arbeit befasste sich mit den Auswirkungen von Hepatozytenwachstumsfaktor auf die myokardiale Mikrozirkulation der Ratte nach zweistündiger Ischämie und Reperfusion. Untersucht wurde ein Zeitraum von sechzehn Wochen, quantifiziert wurde mit Hilfe der NMR-Spin-Labeling-Technik. / This thesis attended to the effects of hepatocyte growth factor on myocardial microcirculation of the rat after a two hours ischemia and reperfusion. Observed was a period of sixteen weeks, the microcirculation was quantified with NMR Spin-Labeling technique.

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CHAMP (CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload) is a German small satellite mission to study the earth's gravity field, magnetic field and upper atmosphere. Thanks to the good condition of the satellite so far, the planned 5 years mission is extended to year 2009. The satellite provides continuously a large quantity of measurement data for the purpose of Earth study. The measurements of the magnetic field are undertaken by two Fluxgate Magnetometers (vector magnetometer) and one Overhauser Magnetometer (scalar magnetometer) flown on CHAMP. In order to ensure the quality of the data during the whole mission, the calibration of the magnetometers has to be performed routinely in orbit. The scalar magnetometer serves as the magnetic reference and its readings are compared with the readings of the vector magnetometer. The readings of the vector magnetometer are corrected by the parameters that are derived from this comparison, which is called the scalar calibration. In the routine processing, these calibration parameters are updated every 15 days by means of scalar calibration. There are also magnetic effects coming from the satellite which disturb the measurements. Most of them have been characterized during tests before launch. Among them are the remanent magnetization of the spacecraft and fields generated by currents. They are all considered to be constant over the mission life. The 8 years of operation experience allow us to investigate the long-term behaviors of the magnetometers and the satellite systems. According to the investigation, it was found that for example the scale factors of the FGM show obvious long-term changes which can be described by logarithmic functions. The other parameters (offsets and angles between the three components) can be considered constant. If these continuous parameters are applied for the FGM data processing, the disagreement between the OVM and the FGM readings is limited to pm1nT over the whole mission. This demonstrates, the magnetometers on CHAMP exhibit a very good stability. However, the daily correction of the parameter Z component offset of the FGM improves the agreement between the magnetometers markedly. The Z component offset plays a very important role for the data quality. It exhibits a linear relationship with the standard deviation of the disagreement between the OVM and the FGM readings. After Z offset correction, the errors are limited to pm0.5nT (equivalent to a standard deviation of 0.2nT). We improved the corrections of the spacecraft field which are not taken into account in the routine processing. Such disturbance field, e.g. from the power supply system of the satellite, show some systematic errors in the FGM data and are misinterpreted in 9-parameter calibration, which brings false local time related variation of the calibration parameters. These corrections are made by applying a mathematical model to the measured currents. This non-linear model is derived from an inversion technique. If the disturbance field of the satellite body are fully corrected, the standard deviation of scalar error triangle B remains about 0.1nT. Additionally, in order to keep the OVM readings a reliable standard, the imperfect coefficients of the torquer current correction for the OVM are redetermined by solving a minimization problem. The temporal variation of the spacecraft remanent field is investigated. It was found that the average magnetic moment of the magneto-torquers reflects well the moment of the satellite. This allows for a continuous correction of the spacecraft field. The reasons for the possible unknown systemic error are discussed in this thesis. Particularly, both temperature uncertainties and time errors have influence on the FGM data. Based on the results of this thesis the data processing of future magnetic missions can be designed in an improved way. In particular, the upcoming ESA mission Swarm can take advantage of our findings and provide all the auxiliary measurements needed for a proper recovery of the ambient magnetic field. / CHAMP (CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload) ist eine deutsche Kleinsatellitenmission für die Forschung und Anwendung in Bereich der Geowissenschaften und Atmosphärenphysik. Das Projekt wird vom GFZ geleitet. Mit seinen hochgenauen, multifunktionalen, sich ergänzenden Nutzlastelementen (Magnetometer, Akzelerometer, Sternsensor, GPS-Empfänger, Laser-Retroreflektor, Ionendriftmeter) liefert CHAMP erstmalig gleichzeitig hochgenaue Schwere- und Magnetfeldmessungen (seit Mitte 2000). Dank des bisherigen guten Zustandes des Satelliten ist die auf 5 Jahre ausgelegte Mission bis 2009 verlängert geworden. An Board befinden sich ein skalares Overhauser-Magnetometer(OVM) für Kalibrierungszwecke sowie zwei Fluxgate-Magnetometer(FGM) zur Messung des magnetischen Feldvektors. Die Messungen vom FGM werden immer verglichen mit denen vom OVM und korregiert im Fall von Widersprüche, das ist die sog. Skalar-Kalibrierung. Um eine zuverlässige Datenqualität während der 8 jährigen Mission zu garantieren, ist die Nachkalibrierung implementiert. Im Rahmen der standard mäßigen Datenverarbeitung werden die Instrumentenparameter des FGM alle 15 Tage neu bestimmt. Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, eine Verbesserung der Vektormagnetfelddaten zu erzielen durch eine neue Methode der Kalibrierung, die die Eigenschaften der Sensoren und Störung vom Raumfahrzeug mit berücksichtigt. Die Erfahrung aus den zurückliegenden Jahren hat gezeigt, dass sich die Skalenfaktoren des FGM stark mit der Zeit ändern. Dieser Verlauf lässt sich gut durch eine Logarithmuskurve anpassen. Andere Parameter wie die Winkel und die Offsets scheinen stabil zu sein. Eine Ausnahme macht der Offset der Z-Komponent. Dieser bedarf einer regelmäßigen Korrektur. Während die Standardverarbeitung eine undifferenzierte Bestimmung aller 9 FGM Parameter durch nicht-lineare Inversion der skalar Daten vornimmt, beziehen wir jetzt die langzeitlichen Eigenschaften der Parameter in die Bestimmung mit ein. Eine weitere Verbesserung der CHAMP-Magnetfelddaten konnte erreicht werden durch geeignete Berücksichtigung von Störung vom Raumfahrzeug. Die verbleibenden Unsicherheiten konnten durch diese Maßnahmen auf eine Standardabweichung von 0.1nT reduziert werden.

Magnetische Formgedächtnsilegierungen haben die besondere Fähigkeit, sich im äußeren Magnetfeld zu verformen. Dies geschieht aufgrund von Zwillingsgrenzenbewegung in der martensitischen Tieftemperaturphase. Da der Effekt bislang an Einkristallen untersucht wurde, ist es das Ziel dieser Arbeit, den Effekt an polykristallinen Proben nachzuweisen. Dafür wurden Proben nach dem Prinzip der gerichteten Erstarrung präpariert. Deren Kristallstruktur wurde durch geeignete Zusammensetzung und Wärmebehandlung einphasig eingestellt. Mechanisches Training und weitere Wärmebehandlungen ermöglichten schließlich die Demonstration der magnetischen Dehnung von ca. 1 % an polykristallinen Proben. Durch zusätzliche Einkopplung akustischer Wellen konnte die Dehnung auf 2,2 % gesteigert werden.

The ternary spinel-type compounds CdCr2Se4, CdCr2S4, HgCr2Se4, and CuCr2Se4 with Cr as transition metal form a special group of ferromagnetic semiconductors with Curie temperatures up to 430 K. They have particular perspectives in spintronics due to the coexistence of semiconducting and ferromagnetic properties. In this work the ferromagnetic semiconductors were investigated by the hyperfine interactions of implanted nuclear probes using the PAC (perturbed angular correlations) spectroscopy. In such compounds both magnetic hyperfine fields (Bhf) and electric field gradients (efg) allow a detailed study of the behavior of probes, which can additionally represent essential doping atoms in these substances. Besides the popular 111In(111Cd), also 111mCd, 111Ag(111Cd), 77Br(77Se), 117Cd(117In), 199mHg, and 100Pd(100Rh) probes were used exploiting the unique possibilities at the ISOLDE on-line separator and implanter (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland). The main objective of these investigations was to examine the lattice site occupation and the behavior of the implanted probes. In addition, the experimental hyperfine fields were used as test quantities for modern ab initio calculations of the electronic and spin structure (WIEN97).

Thesis (doctoral)--Freie Universität Berlin, 2003. / "Dezember 2003"--P. [2] of cover. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-135). Also available via the World Wide Web.

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Within the last decades low-dimensional frustrated quantum spin systems have attracted great interest in the field of modern research. In these systems a competition of various magnetic interactions takes place, leading to an energetically degenerated magnetic ground state, and thus to the occurrence of exotic, unconventional physical properties at low temperatures. This thesis focuses on the quasi one-dimensional frustrated spin chain system linarite, PbCuSO4(OH)2. In this compound the basic building blocks are CuO4 plaquettes which are connected to each other along one crystallographic direction, analogue to a chain. The frustration in linarite is established due to the competition between the magnetic interactions. The nearest-neighbor magnetic spins are coupled ferromagnetically along the chain via a coupling constant J1, while the next-nearest neighbors are coupled antiferromagnetically via a coupling constant J2. For this configuration it is not possible to satisfy all magnetic couplings simultaneously, hence the system is magnetically frustrated. In this work, comprehensive thermodynamic and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies demonstrate that linarite is one of the richest and most fascinating compounds in the class of low-dimensional frustrated magnets. By means of susceptibility, magnetization, specific heat, magnetocaloric effect, magnetostriction, and thermal-expansion measurements a rich magnetic phase diagram could be mapped out below a temperature of 2.8 K. The phase diagram contains five different magnetic regions/phases for an external magnetic field pointing along the chain direction. Based on the thermodynamic studies it was possible to calculate the exchange integrals within the frustrated J1-J2 model and extensions of it by using various theoretical approaches. The magnetic microscopic nature of the different long-range magnetic phases present in linarite were investigated by NMR measurements and by collaborative neutron scattering experiments. The ground state (phase I) is identified as an incommensurate elliptical helical structure. Via a theoretical modelling the 1H-NMR spectrum of the ground state could be explained, revealing a rearrangement of the zero-field structure in an external magnetic field of 2.0 T used for the NMR studies. By further increasing the external field the system undergoes a complex spin flop transition in two steps (phase I - phase III - phase IV). In phase III a phase separation takes place where one part of the spins form a circular spiral structure while the remaining fraction form a simple antiferromagnetic structure. In phase IV the remaining circular spiral structure vanishes, so that all spins collectively form the antiferromagnetic collinear phase. The most peculiar physical properties studied in this thesis take place in region V at high fields, showing only tiny features in the thermodynamic properties. The magnetic spins in region V form a sine-wave modulated spin-density structure as identified via NMR and neutron investigations. It is discussed whether region V is related to a multipolar phase or if the spin-density wave structure could possibly coexist with such a phase.