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HOW IT WORKS: Conventional and magnetic refrigeration cycles use different physical effects to cool things off. [Top] When a gas is compressed (2), it heats up, but if it is cooled and then allowed to expand (3), its temperature drops much lower than it was originally (4); this principle keeps food in your home refrigerator cool. But a magnetocaloric material [bottom] heats up when magnetized (b); if cooled and then demagnetized (c), its temperature drops dramatically (d).https://www.led-professional.com/media/technology_thermal-management_for-refrigeration-problems-a-magnetically-attractive-solution-maybe-for-ssl-cooling-too_.0.nist_magnetic_fridge-jpg/viewhttps://www.led-professional.com/media/technology_thermal-management_for-refrigeration-problems-a-magnetically-attractive-solution-maybe-for-ssl-cooling-too_.0.nist_magnetic_fridge-jpg/@@images/image-1200-5b198d28301947172ba844992dea1653.jpeg
HOW IT WORKS: Conventional and magnetic refrigeration cycles use different physical effects to cool things off. [Top] When a gas is compressed (2), it heats up, but if it is cooled and then allowed to expand (3), its temperature drops much lower than it was originally (4); this principle keeps food in your home refrigerator cool. But a magnetocaloric material [bottom] heats up when magnetized (b); if cooled and then demagnetized (c), its temperature drops dramatically (d).
![HOW IT WORKS: Conventional and magnetic refrigeration cycles use different physical effects to cool things off. [Top] When a gas is compressed (2), it heats up, but if it is cooled and then allowed to expand (3), its temperature drops much lower than it was originally (4); this principle keeps food in your home refrigerator cool. But a magnetocaloric material [bottom] heats up when magnetized (b); if cooled and then demagnetized (c), its temperature drops dramatically (d).](https://www.led-professional.com/media/technology_thermal-management_for-refrigeration-problems-a-magnetically-attractive-solution-maybe-for-ssl-cooling-too_.0.nist_magnetic_fridge-jpg/@@images/image-1280-63de8271e2d3f22076fcf6a93590d6fe.jpeg "HOW IT WORKS: Conventional and magnetic refrigeration cycles use different physical effects to cool things off. [Top] When a gas is compressed (2), it heats up, but if it is cooled and then allowed to expand (3), its temperature drops much lower than it was originally (4); this principle keeps food in your home refrigerator cool. But a magnetocaloric material [bottom] heats up when magnetized (b); if cooled and then demagnetized (c), its temperature drops dramatically (d).")
