scholarly journals Correlation between Microstructure and Magnetism in Ball-Milled SmCo5/α-Fe (5%wt. α-Fe) Nanocomposite Magnets

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 805
Author(s):  
Anna Bajorek ◽  
Paweł Łopadczak ◽  
Krystian Prusik ◽  
Maciej Zubko

Magnetic nanocomposites SmCo5/α-Fe were synthesized mechanically by high-energy ball milling (HEBM) from SmCo5 and 5%wt. of α-Fe powders. The X-ray diffraction analysis reveals the hexagonal 1:5 phase as the main one accompanied by the cubic α-Fe phase and 2:17 rhombohedral as the secondary phase. The content of each detected phase is modified throughout the synthesis duration. A significant decrease in crystallite size with a simultaneous increase in lattice straining is observed. A simultaneous gradual reduction in particle size is noted from the microstructural analysis. Magnetic properties reveal non-linear modification of magnetic parameters associated with the strength of the exchange coupling induced by various duration times of mechanical synthesis. The highest value of the maximum energy product (BH)max at room temperature is estimated for samples milled for 1 and 6 h. The intermediate mixed-valence state of Sm ions is confirmed by electronic structure analysis. An increase in the Co magnetic moment versus the milling time is evidenced based on the performed fitting of the Co3s core level lines.

2008 ◽  
Vol 591-593 ◽  
pp. 114-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.A. Périgo ◽  
E.P. Soares ◽  
Hidetoshi Takiishi ◽  
C.C. Motta ◽  
Rubens Nunes de Faria Jr.

Roller-ball milling (RBM) or planetary ball milling (PBM) have been used together with the hydrogen decrepitation (HD) process to produce sintered permanent magnets based on a mixture of Pr16Fe76B8 and Pr14.00Fe63.90Co16.00B6.00Nb0.10 magnetic alloys. Five distinct compositions have been studied comparing low- and high-energy milling. Magnets with a particular composition and prepared using these two routes exhibited similar magnetic properties. Modifications have been carried out in the procedure of the HD stage for PBM in order to guarantee a high degree of crystallographic alignment. Pr15.00Fe69.95Co8.00B7.00Nb0.05 magnets showed the best maximum energy product for both processing routes (~ 247 kJm-3). A significant reduction in the milling time (93%) has been achieved with high-energy processing, the greatest advantage over the low-energy route.


2011 ◽  
Vol 672 ◽  
pp. 229-232
Author(s):  
Marian Grigoraş ◽  
M. Lostun ◽  
Nicoleta Lupu ◽  
Horia Chiriac

Nanocomposite NdFeB/αFe magnets were obtained by spark plasma sintering technique using high energy ball-milled Nd-Fe-B melt-spun ribbons mixed in different weight ratios with Fe commercial powders. The remanence of SPS nanocomposite magnets increases with the Fe powders content from 6.1 for 4 wt.% Fe to 6.4 kG for 5 wt.% Fe, while the estimated maximum energy product is also increased from 9.0 to 10.6 MGOe.


Author(s):  
Y. L. Chen

Melt-spun Fe-Nd-B MAGNEQUENCH® ribbons have been produced by Croat et al. with energy products in excess of 10 MG.Oe using a relatively narrow window of composition and quenching speed. The hard magnetic phase has subsequently been identified as the Nd2Fe14B compound which has a very high anisotropy field. The microstructure of the MAGNEQUENCH® ribbon which has a maximum energy product of 14.1 MG•0e was found to consist of equiaxed Nd2Fe14B grains surrounded by a very thin intergranular film. This paper presents the results of some of our earlv work on the microstructural characterization of high energy product MAGNEQUENCH® ribbons having nominal compositions of Nd13Fe82.6B4.4 and Nd15Fe79.9B5.1. The purpose of this investigation was to characterize the microstructures of various MAGNEQUENCH® ribbons for correlation with their magnetic properties.


Author(s):  
Raja K. Mishra

The discovery of a new class of permanent magnets based on Nd2Fe14B phase in the last decade has led to intense research and development efforts aimed at commercial exploitation of the new alloy. The material can be prepared either by rapid solidification or by powder metallurgy techniques and the resulting microstructures are very different. This paper details the microstructure of Nd-Fe-B magnets produced by melt-spinning.In melt spinning, quench rate can be varied easily by changing the rate of rotation of the quench wheel. There is an optimum quench rate when the material shows maximum magnetic hardening. For faster or slower quench rates, both coercivity and maximum energy product of the material fall off. These results can be directly related to the changes in the microstructure of the melt-spun ribbon as a function of quench rate. Figure 1 shows the microstructure of (a) an overquenched and (b) an optimally quenched ribbon. In Fig. 1(a), the material is nearly amorphous, with small nuclei of Nd2Fe14B grains visible and in Fig. 1(b) the microstructure consists of equiaxed Nd2Fe14B grains surrounded by a thin noncrystalline Nd-rich phase. Fig. 1(c) shows an annular dark field image of the intergranular phase. Nd enrichment in this phase is shown in the EDX spectra in Fig. 2.


2006 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 1423-1428
Author(s):  
Somsak Woramongconchai ◽  
Chatchawan Lohitvisat ◽  
Aree Wichainchai

The effect of magnetic powders and powders loading on magnetic properties and mechanical properties of magnetic rubbers were studied. The natural rubber with magnetic powders, Barium ferrite, Neodymium iron boron, were used as starting materials to prepare magnetic rubbers. Barium ferrite (BaO.6F2O3) powders had been sintered at 1285 oC for 30 hours to improve its crystal structure. The physical properties of magnetic rubbers, residual flux density (Br), coercive force (Hc), maximum energy product (BHmax), hardness and density, had a trend to increase as enhancing magnetic powders loading. However, some properties such as, intrinsic coercive force (Hci), tensile strength and elongation at break, had a trend to decrease when the magnetic powder loading was increased. Magnetic properties of the anisotropic type, sintered powders, were higher than isotropic type, non-sintered powders, except the Hci because anisotropic magnetic rubber indicated crystal orientation in the same direction.


2018 ◽  
Vol 912 ◽  
pp. 106-111
Author(s):  
Marcos Flavio de Campos ◽  
Daniel Rodrigues ◽  
Jose Adilson de Castro

The replacement of NdFeB magnets by ferrite magnets is discussed. For motors, remanence is relevant, implying in a volume three times that of NdFeB, when the relevant index of merit is remanence. However, if the relevant issue is the BHmax (maximum energy product), the volume for replacement should be ten times larger. The high resistivity of ferrites is a big advantage for motors. The temperature of operation is also relevant, because NdFeB magnets loss coercivity even with small increase of temperature. Different applications are discussed, as for instance, motors for electric cars and wind turbines. The choice of the proper volume depends on the evaluation of demagnetizing field in the condition of operation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 630-643
Author(s):  
F. Trauter ◽  
J. Schanz ◽  
H. Riegel ◽  
T. Bernthaler ◽  
D. Goll ◽  
...  

Abstract Fe-Nd-B powders were processed by additive manufacturing using laboratory scale selective laser melting to produce bulk nanocrystalline permanent magnets. The manufacturing process was carried out in a specially developed process chamber under Ar atmosphere. This resulted in novel types of microstructures with micrometer scale clusters of nanocrystalline hard magnetic grains. Owing to this microstructure, a maximum coercive field strength (coercivity) μ0Hc of 1.16 T, a remanence Jr of 0.58 T, and a maximum energy product (BH)max of 62.3 kJ/mm3could, for example, be obtained for the composition Nd16.5-Pr1.5-Zr2.6-Ti2.5-Co2.2-Fe65.9-B8.8.


Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Krugel ◽  
Wolfgang Körner ◽  
Daniel F. Urban ◽  
Oliver Gutfleisch ◽  
Christian Elsässer

By computational high-throughput screening, the spontaneous magnetization M s , uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy constant K 1 , anisotropy field H a , and maximum energy product ( B H ) max are estimated for ferromagnetic intermetallic phases with a tetragonal 1-13-X structure related to the LaCo 9 Si 4 structure type. For SmFe 13 N, a ( B H ) max as high as that of Nd 2 Fe 14 B and a comparable K 1 are predicted. Further promising candidates of composition SmFe 12 AN with A = Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ti, V, Al, Si, or P are identified which potentially reach (BH) max values higher than 400 kJ/m 3 combined with significant K 1 values, while containing almost 50% less rare-earth atoms than Nd 2 Fe 14 B.


2014 ◽  
Vol 789 ◽  
pp. 28-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
He Wei Ding ◽  
Chun Xiang Cui ◽  
Ji Bing Sun

(Pr0.25Nd0.75)10-xDyxFe82Co2B6(x=0~0.3) ribbons were prepared by melt spinning at 25m/s and subsequent annealing. The effect of Dy content on the microstructure and magnetic properties of the ribbons has been investigated by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), scanning electronic microscope (SEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The magnetic properties related to the Dy content were characterized. Intrinsic coercivity of 598kA/m, remanence of 0.58T, and the maximum energy product (BH)max of 43kJ/m3 were achieved in (Pr0.25Nd0.75)9.8Dy0.2Fe82Co2B6 after annealing at 700°C for 10 minutes.


2010 ◽  
Vol 636-637 ◽  
pp. 404-410
Author(s):  
Sofoklis S. Makridis

We have investigated the structural and magnetic properties of Sm(Co0.70Fe0.1Ni0.12Zr0.04B0.04)7.5 melt spun ribbons. The arc-melted bulk samples have been used to obtain ribbons at 37 up to 55 m/sec while annealing has been performed in argon atmosphere for 30-75 min at 600-870 oC. In as-spun ribbons the hexagonal SmCo7 (TbCu7-type of structure) of crystal structure has been determined from x-ray diffraction patterns, while fcc-Co has been identified as a secondary phase. After annealing, the 1:7 phase of the as-spun ribbons transforms into 2:17 and 1:5 phases. TEM analysis shows a homogeneous nanocrystalline microstructure with average grain size of 30-80 nm. Coercivity values of 15-27 kOe are obtained from hysteresis loops traced at non-saturating fields. The coercivity decreases as temperature increases, but it is high enough to maintain values higher than 5 kOe at 380 oC. The maximum energy product at room temperature increases, as high as 7.2 MGOe, for melt-spun ribbons produced at higher wheel speed.


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