Phase precipitation and magnetic properties of melt-spun ternary Gd_(2)Fe_(14)B alloy and advantages of gadolinium substitution in Y_(2)Fe_(14)B alloy

To take the advantage of gadolinium(Gd) in developing and manufacturing RE-permanent magnets,the magnetic properties and phase precipitation behavior of Gd_(2)Fe_(14)B alloys prepared by melt spinning were investigated in this work.The results show that optimally direct quenched nanocrystalline Gd_(2)Fe_(14)B alloy exhibits the magnetic properties with remanence J_(r) of 0.51 T,coercivity H_(c) of 187 kA/m,and maximum energy product(BH)_(max) of 33.1 kJ/m^(3).It also shows excellent thermal stability with a small negative temperature coefficient of J_(r)(α=-0.066%/K) and a positive temperature coefficient of H_(c)(β=0.171 %/K).The phase precipitations of as spun Gd_(2)Fe_(14)B alloy during melt spinning and over-quenched amorphous Gd_(2)Fe_(14)B alloy during heat treatment were clarified.The magnetic properties of the crystallized alloys annealed at 800℃ are close to those of the optimized directly quenched as-spun alloys,indicating good performance stability under various processes.In addition,the role of Gd substitution in(Y_(1-x)Gd_(x))_(2)Fe_(14)B alloys was systematically studied.Gd substitution can significantly enhance the thermal stability and decrease the irreve rsible remanence loss of Y_(2)Fe_(14)B alloy.With increasing Gd conte nt,Gd-doped Y_(2)Fe_(14)B alloys show continuous enhancement of H_(c) at elevated temperatures.The highest β value of 0.22%/K was obtained in(Y_(0.2)Gd_(0.8))_(2)Fe_(14)B alloy at 300—400 K.Gd substitution is not only effective in improving the exchange coupling effect and corrosion resistance of Y_(2)Fe_(14)B alloy but also superior to Nd in terms of improving the oxidation resistance.The present work has certain instructions for designing and developing new low cost RE permanent magnets with improved thermal and environment stability.

Development of cost-effective nanocrystalline multi-component(Ce,La,Y)-Fe-B permanent magnetic alloys containing no critical rare earth elements of Dy,Tb,Pr and Nd

Here we first report the fully abundant rare earth(RE)-based nanocrystalline multi-component(Ce,La,Y)-Fe-B alloys containing no critical RE elements of Nd,Pr,Dy,and Tb by melt-spinning technique.The roles of La and Y substitutions for Ce have been fully understood.La plays a positive role on both thermal stability and room-temperature(RT)magnetic properties.The enhanced coercivity H_(cj)by partial substitution of La is attributed to the increases of anisotropy field H_A and the formation of continuously distributed grain boundaries resulting from the suppre s sion of CeFe_(2)phase.Although Y substitution is not benefit for H_(cj),both remanent polarization J_r and thermal stability have been effectively improved since Y_(2)Fe_(14)B shows relatively high saturation magnetization M_s and a positive temperature coefficient of HA over a certain temperature range.In addition,RE element segregation has been confirmed,La prefers to enter into the grain boundaries than Ce and Y prefers to remain in the 2:14:1 phase.Based on these understanding,a series of melt-spun(Ce,La,Y)-Fe-B alloys have been designed.A relatively good combination of magnetic properties with maximum energy product(BH)_(max)=7.4 MGOe,H_(Cj)=400 kA/m,and J_r=0.63 T has been obtained in[(Ce_(0.8)La_(0.2))_(0.7)Y_(0.3)]_(17)Fe_(78)B_6 alloy,together with high Curie temperature(T_c=488 K)and low temperature coefficients of remanence(α=-0.255%/K)and coercivity(β=-0.246%/K).