Structure and intrinsic magnetic properties of Sm_(1-x)Pr_xCo_5(x=0–0.6) compounds

In this work, the effects of Pr content on the structure and intrinsic magnetic properties of Sml-xPrxCO5 （x = 0-0.6） compounds prepared by induction melting were systematically investigated by scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, X-ray diffraction （XRD）, and magnetic measurements. Microstructural observation and chemical composition analysis show that Sml xPrxCos compounds are composed of （Sin, Pr）Co （1：5） phase and （Sm, Pr）-rich grain boundary phase. XRD results show that all the Sml-xPrxCO5 compounds have a （Sm, Pr）lCo main phase with the hexagonal CaCus-type crystal structure and the （Sm, Pr）2 Co7 impurity phase. In addition, the detailed research shows that the lattice constants （a, c） and unit volume （V） are all enlarged with the increases in Pr con- tent. According to the magnetic measurements, as the Pr content increases to larger than 0.4, both the Curie tem- perature （Tc） and the anisotropy field （HA） of all the Pr- doped compounds decrease rapidly. Meanwhile, the mag- netization of Sml_xPr.Co5 compounds at applied field of 14 T （MI4 T） are observably improved with Pr doping content of x 〉 0.3. Among them, Smo.6Pro.4Co5 compound exhibits slightly lower HA and Tc, but much higher M14 T than those of the binary SmCos, indicating that doping of proper Pr content into SmCo5 compound can optimize the intrinsic magnetic properties. As a result, the optimal intrinsic magnetic properties of HA = 29.11 T,Tc = 989 K, and M14 T = 102.31 mA.m2.g-1 are obtained in Smo.6Pro.4C05 compound.

Structure and intrinsic magnetic properties of MM_2Fe_(14)B(MM=La,Ce,Pr,Nd)alloys

MM_（33）Fe_（66）B（MM=La, Ce, Pr, Nd） alloys（mass ratio） were prepared by induction melting and heat-treated at 1353 K for 24 h to produce homogeneous MM_2Fe_（14） B phase. The phase structure and element distribution of the alloys were analyzed by X-ray diffraction（XRD） and scanning electron microscope（SEM）. The alloys were applied ball milling to obtain powders with good size distribution and then magnetic aligned in a static magnetic field of 2 T for 4 h, in order to achieve the intrinsic magnetic properties by vibrating sample magnetometer（VSM）. XRD results showed that the alloys were composed of the single 2：14：1 main phase and RE-rich phase, which was similar to Nd_2Fe_（14）B structure. Magnetic measurements showed that the saturation magnetization（Ms） and anisotropy field（HA） of the MM_（33）Fe_（66）B alloy were 11.3 k Gs and 48.4 k Oe, respectively, demonstrating its good potential as permanent magnets. The Curie temperature of the MM_（33）Fe_（66）B alloy was determined as 502.9 K by magnetization-temperature curves. Microstructure observation showed that Nd and Pr were mainly in the 2：14：1 ferromagnetic phase, while La and Ce prefered to aggregate in the RE-rich grain boundary phase, which is beneficial to fabricating（Pr, Nd, MM）_2Fe_（14）B magnets with good magnetic properties.

Structure, magnetic properties, and thermal stability of Sm(1-x)Tm_xCo_5compounds

Structure, magnetic properties, and thermal stability of ternary Sm1-xTmxCo5 compounds were studied via X-ray diffraction（XRD）, thermal magnetic analysis（TMA）, and magnetic measurements. XRD results show that all the compounds have a main phase of hexagonal CaCu5-type crystal structure with small amount of impurity phases; increasing Tm content is associated with contraction of the hexagonal unit cell in the direction of the c axis and expansion of the a and b parameters. TMA results indicate that the Curie temperature（TC） of Sm1-xTmxCo5 compounds gets higher with the increase in Tm content.Magnetic measurements show that both the magnetic anisotropy field（HA） and the magnetization at an applied field of 7 T（M7 T） decrease with the increase of Tm content. However, the thermal stability of both the HAand M7 Tof all the Tm doped compounds is remarkably improved compared with that of the pure SmCo5 compound, leading to the result that both the M7 Tand HAof Sm0.8Tm0.2Co5 .2are higher than those of SmCo5 compound at 473 K, which indicates the good potential of Tm doped compound in the practical applications at elevated temperature.

STRUCTURE AND MAGNETISM OF RTiFe_(11) COMPOUNDS (R=Nd,Sm,Gd,Tb,Dy,Ho,Er and Y)

The crystallographic structure and intrinsic magnetic properties have been investigated in the RTiFe_(11) compounds, where Rrepresents Nd, Sin, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er and Y. The magnetic structure and the exchange interaction between various magnetic ions in RT Fe_(11) have been analysed. It is found that the intensity of R-Fe exchange interaction is proportional to((?)—1)~2J(J—1) for the heavy-rare-earth ions. while for the light rare earth, the effect caused by 5d-4f electron exchange interaction varying with rare-earth atoms must be taken into account. In RTiFe_(11) compounds the interatomic distance dependence on the exchange interaction between Fe-Fe atoms has been observed, and the result of enhancing the Curie temperature has been obtained. The Fe atomic magnetic moment in RTiFe_(11) is discussed in terms of the band theory, and the approach has been investigated on enhancement of saturation magnetization by means of substitution of atoms. RTiFe_(11) compoumds reveal a variety of magnetocrystalline anisotropy behaviors. For Fe sublattice the easy magnetization direction and the variation of the anisotropy constants with temperature have been measured with X-ray and magnetic techniques. On the basis of the crystalline field theory, by using a single-ion model, the anisotropy conatants and their temperature dependence of the R ions have been calculated, which helps explain the spin reorientations observed in RTiFe_(11).