Effects of copper and zirconium contents on microstructure and magnetic properties of Sm(Co,Fe,Cu,Zr)_(z)magnets with high iron content

The evolution of the microstructure,microchemistry and magnetic properties of the Sm(CobalFe_(0.28)-CuyZrx)_(7.6)magnets with different Zr and Cu contents was investigated.It is found that the coercivity of the Sm(Co,Fe,Cu,Zr)_(z)magnets is sensitive to Zr content.The deficiency of Zr content causes heterogeneity of Cu and Fe distributions,while an excessive Zr content leads to the formation of a SmCoZr impurity phase.The cellular structure and distribution of Cu concentration.gradient between the cell boundary phase and cell pha se are destroyed by inappropriate Zr content,which results in a reduction of coercivity.The Cu concentration difference between the cell boundary phase and cell phase increases with increasing Cu content.The coercivity of the Sm(CobalFe_(0.28)CuyZ_(r0.02))_(7.6)magnets increases from 10.4 to 25.4 kOe for y=0.05 and y=0.07.However,the excess of Cu element destroys the cell boundary phase and enlarges the cell size,resulting in a significant decrease of squareness and energy density.The optimum performance(remanence of 11.4 kG,coercivity of 25.4 kOe,maximum magnetic ene rgy product of 30.4 MGOe)was obtained for the Sm(Co_(0.63)Fe_(0.28)Cu_(0.07)Zr_(0.02))_(7.6)magnet.

Tremendous enhancement of magnetic performance for Sm(CoFeCuZr)z magnet based on multiscale copper redistribution

Microstructure and magnetic properties were studied for the commercial Sm(Co FeCuZr)_(z) magnets before and after post annealing treatment.The results show that the phases composition and orientation of the magnet do not change after post annealing treatment,but the substantial redistribution of Cu element within multiscale(the microscale crystal grain and the nanoscale cellular structure) is observed simultaneously.In detail,along with the Cu redistribution,the thickness of the Cu-rich Sm(Co,Cu)_(5) cell boundary becomes thinner,and the Cu concentration in the boundary increases sharply.The pinning field of domain walls and corresponding coercivity increase remarkably with slight remanence and maximum energy product loss,and the overall magnetic performance of(BH)_(max)(MGOe)+H_(Cj)(kOe)increases by 54.3% as a result.Moreover,the thermal stability of the magnet improves as well.On the other hand,Cu-lean phenomenon was observed along the grain boundary region,triggering to magnetic domain reversal process and slightly undermining the squareness of the demagnetization curve of the magnet.