Table 1 Elastocaloric properties of prototype elastocaloric materials

From: Elastocaloric, barocaloric and magnetocaloric effects in spin crossover polymer composite films

Material

ΔS

Δσ

Δε

\(\frac{\Delta S}{\Delta \sigma }\)

\(\frac{\Delta S}{\Delta \varepsilon }\)

Ref

 

J kg−1 K−1

MPa

%

J kg−1 K−1 MPa−1

J kg−1 K−1

 

Ni–Ti

35

800

3

0.04

11

31

Cu–Zn–Al

21

120

8

0.02

2.6

32

Natural rubber

80

4

400

20

0.13

33

1/PVC

3.1

8

0.3

0.4

10

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