Microstructure characteristics and effect of grain orientation on magnetic properties of Fe_(63)Co_(32)Gd_5 alloy ribbons

By using the melt spinning techniques, the Fe63Co32Gd5 alloy ribbons with 15-50 m in thickness and 3-7 mm in width were prepared at the wheel speeds of 15, 20, 25 and 35 m/s. The rapid solidification microstructures were characterized by three layers, the middle layer of which reaches 80% thickness and forms the column grain of(Fe,Co) solid with Gd solution. Grain refinement takes place with the increase of the wheel speed. And after 0.5 h heat treatment at 823 K, the ribbon thickness becomes larger and the middle layer of column grain is very orderly perpendicular to the ribbon plane. The coercivity of quenched and annealed Fe63Co32Gd5 ribbons both have the inflection point at the wheel speed of 20 m/s, and the tendency is declining. The heat treatment processing makes the coercivity become lower by improving the order of(Fe,Co)17Gd2 compound. The saturation magnetization of quenched ribbons increases with the enhancement of wheel speed, whereas that of annealed ones decreases firstly and then increases. The minimum coercivity is 5.30×103 A/m and the maximum saturation magnetization is 163.62 A·m2/kg, which is obtained in the conditions of the wheel speed of 35 m/s and 0.5 h heat treatment at the temperature of 823 K.

Effect of La-Y co-substitution on magnetic properties and microstructure of NdFeB alloy ribbons

Committed to obtaining cost-effective NdFeB based permanent magnets,Nd_(27-x)La_(3)Y_(x)Fe_(bal)Al_(0.1)Cu_(0.1)B_(1)(x=0-3)alloys were fabricated to detect the magnetic properties and microstructure.When x=1.8,coercivity of 1004 kA/m and the magnetic remanence of 0.75 T are obtained,which are close to those of the original Nd_(30)Fe_(bal)A_(l0.1)Cu_(0.1)B_(1)alloy ribbons.The temperature coefficient of coercivity(β)and the temperature coefficient of remanence(α)of the LaY-substituted alloys are better than those of the original alloys.The research results manifest that La is mainly distributed in the grain boundary phases and plays the role of refining the main grains,optimizing the grain boundary phases and improving the wettability between the main phases and the grain boundary phases,while Y tends to enrich in the main phases and enhances the short-range exchange coupling.

Big-data analysis of phase-formation rules in high-entropy alloys

Big-data analysis of phase-formation rules of high-entropy alloys（HEAs）was conducted and a phase formation rule from a dynamic view was deduced.It was indicated in literatures that cooling rate has a strong influence on the phase formation of HEAs.Higher cooling rate may promote the generation of amorphous phase,and accordingly suppress the formation of intermetallics.Meanwhile,it was also shown that cooling rate had little impact on the formation of solid-solution phase.To demonstrate this rule,a series of FeCoNi（AlSiB）xHEAs ribbons were fabricated by a melt-spinning technique,and the microstructure,mechanical,and magnetic properties were also investigated.The results show that all ribbons exhibit disordered solid-solution structure.The addition of boron changes the alloy from ductility to brittleness,but without evident change of magnetic properties.The alloy in the nominal composition of FeCoNi（AlSi）0.2has the best combination of mechanical and magnetic properties.A distinct feature of HEAs in magnetization was noticed and explained.