Figure 5

Magnetization isotherms of (a) W1 and (b) W2 showing the hysteresis character of the Ni-Mn-Ga microwires. The arrows indicate the direction change of the applied field, and the shade area represents the hysteresis loss for one particular isotherm cycle. The insets in (a and b) show the hysteresis loss at 50 kOe as a function of temperature for the displayed magnetization isotherms of W1 and W2, respectively.