The absorbing properties of Fe_(73.5) Cu_1 Nb_3Si_(13.5)B_9 amorphous powder/S-glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composite panels

Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 （or FeCuNbSiB） powder/ S-glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composite panels were pre- pared by mold pressing method. Metallographic analysis shows that the amorphous powders are evenly distributed between the layers of S-glass fibers. The effects of the Fe- CuNbSiB powder mass fraction on the complex permittivity, complex permeability, and microwave absorption of the composite panels have been studied in the frequency range of 2.6-18.0 GHz. The complex permittivity of the composite panels with different mass fractions of the FeCuNbSiB powders shows several peaks in the 2.6-18.0 GHz fre- quency range. The complex permeability of the composites decreases with the increasing frequency in the frequency range of 8-18 GHz. The composite with FeCuNbSiB/epoxy mass ratio of 2.5：1.0 has excellent microwave absorption properties of a minimum reflection loss value -30.5 dB at 10.93 GHz for a thickness of 2 mm. A reflection loss exceeding -10 dB can be obtained in a broad frequency range of 3.2-18.0 GHz with a thickness of 1.15-5.00 mm. For the FeCuNbSiB composites, the magnetic loss is the dominant term for microwave absorption. The FeCuNbSiB powders are a possible candidate for high-performance microwave absorption filler.

Investigation of influence of micro-structure on magnetic properties of amorphous powder core

The influence of micro-structure on magnetic properties of amorphous powder core was investigated.The results show that the amorphous powders of the powder core become crystallized with the increase of annealing temperature,and the permeability decreases from 60 to 12,the core loss increases from 0.2 to 0.3 W·cm^(-3),DC-bias characteristic was improved with further increase of annealing temperature,and the magnetic properties become deteriorated due to decrease of permeability and enhancement of coercive force resulting from the crystallization of amorphous powder.

Mechanical alloying characteristic and thermal stability of Al_(78)Fe_(20)Zr_2 amorphous powders

The powders of pure Al, Fe, and Zr for preparing Al78Fe20Zr2 were subject to a high-energy planetary ball milling.The microstructure evolution of the mixtures at the different intervals of milling was characterized by X-ray diffraction（XRD）, transmission electron microscopy（TEM） and differential scanning calorimetry（DSC）.It was found that a nearly complete amorphization could be achieved in the mixtures after ball milling for 23 h.Further ball milling led to the crystallization of the amorphous powders.A long time ball milling, e.g., 160 h, led to a complete crystallization of the amorphous powders and the formation of Al3Zr and Al13Fe4.The crystallization products caused by ball milling are almost the same as that produced by isothermal annealing of the amorphous powders in vacuum at 800 K for 1 h.

Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Al_(89)Gd_7Ni_3Fe Alloy Extruded from Its Amorphous Powders

The microstructures and mechanical properties of Als9 GdTNi3Fe alloy extruded from its amorphous powder were investigated at different temperatures. Devitrification process of amorphous phase was also analyzed. As a result, the microstructure of the extruded alloy consists of fee α-Al, binary intermetallic Al3Gd and ternary intermetallic r l phase. The grain size of α-Al is fine. The intermetallic Al3Gd exists as equiaxed particle and τ1 phase appears rod like.

Simulation and experiment investigations on fabrication of Fe-based amorphous powders by a novel atomization process equipped with assisted gas nozzles

Based on computational fluid dynamics method,the effect of atomization gas pressure on the atomization efficiency of Laval nozzle was studied,and then a discrete phase model was established and combined with industrial trials to study the effect of a new type of assisted gas nozzles(AGNs)on powder size distribution and amorphous powder yield.The results show that increasing the atomization pressure can effectively improve the gas velocity for the Laval nozzle;however,it will decrease the aspiration pressure,and the optimal atomization pressure is 2.0 MPa.Compared with this,after the application of AGNs with the inlet velocity of 200 m s^(-1),assisted gas jet can increase the velocity of overall droplets in the break-up and solidification area by 40 m s^(-1) and the maximum cooling rate is increased from 1.9×10^(4) to 2.3×10^(4) K s^(-1).The predicted particle behavior is demonstrated by the industrial trails,that is,after the application of AGNs,the median diameter of powders d50 is decreased from 28.42 to 25.56 lm,the sphericity is increased from 0.874 to 0.927,the fraction of amorphous powders is increased from 90.4% to 99.4%,and only the coercivity is increased slightly due to the accumulation of internal stress.It is illustrated that the AGNs can improve the yield of fine amorphous powders,which is beneficial to providing high-performance raw powders for additive manufacturing technology.

Preparation and characterization of amorphous boron powder with high activity

The amorphous boron powders with high activity were prepared by the high-energy ball milling-combustion synthesis method. The effects of the milling rate and milling time on the crystallinity, microscopic morphology and reactivity of amorphous boron powder were studied. The results show that the crystallinity of amorphous nano-boron powder is only 22.5%, and its purity reaches 92.86%. The high-energy ball milling can significantly refine boron powder particle sizes, whose average particle sizes are smaller than 50 nm, and specific surface areas are of up to 70.03 m2/g. When the transmission electron beam irradiates the samples, they rapidly melt. It can be seen that the monomer amorphous boron size is less than 30 nm from the specimen melting traces, which indicates that the samples have high reactivity.

Controllable SiO2 coating layer of FeSiBPNb amorphous powder cores with excellent soft magnetic properties

Amorphous powder cores based on spherical （Fe0.76Si0.09B0.1P0.05）99Nb1 amorphous powder and their SiO2 layer prepared by in situ coating insulation process were investigated in detAll. These cores were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analyses, and the results revealed that the surface layer of the amorphous powder was composed of SiO2 with uniform surface coverage. The thickness of the SiO2 insulating layer could be controlled by adjusting the tetraethyl orthosilicate （TEOS） content. By cold-pressing with epoxy resin under a pressure of 1800 MPa, a ring powder core with an outer diameter of 20.3 ram, inner diameter of 12.7 mm, and height of 5.3 mm was prepared. The FeSiBPNb composite core showed its best properties when the TEOS content was 2 mL/g （the volume of TEOS for each gram of （Fe0.76Si0.09B0.1P0.05）99Nb1 amorphous powder, mL/g）, which showed good relative permeability in the high-frequency range of up to 10 MHz and a low core loss of 320 W/kg under the maximum magnetic flux density of 0.1 T and frequency of 100 kHz.

Structural Modification of Al65Cu16.5Ti18.5 Amorphous Powder through Annealing and Post Milling： Improving Thermal Stability

To improve thermal stability of the Al65Cu16.5Ti18.5 amorphous powder,structural modification of the amorphous powder was performed through annealing and post milling.Annealing above the crystallization temperature（Tx） not only induced nanoscale intermetallics to precipitate in the amorphous powder,but also increased Cu atomic percentage within the residual amorphous phase.Post milling induced the amorphization of the nanocrystal intermetallics and the formation of Cu9Al4 from the residual amorphous phase.Thus,a mixed structure consisting of amorphous phase and Cu9Al4 was obtained in the powder after annealing and post milling（the APMed powder）.The phase constituent in the APMed powder did not change during the post annealing,which exhibited significantly improved thermal stability in comparison with the as-milled amorphous powder.

Preparation of amorphous nano-boron powder with high activity by combustion synthesis

The preparation process of amorphous nanometer boron powders through combustion synthesis was investigated, and the effects of the reactant ratio, the heating agent and the milling rate on the activity and particle size of amorphous boron powders were studied. The results show that the boron powders exist in the form of an amorphous phase which has the crystallinity lower than 30.4%, and the panicle size of boron powder decreases with an increase of the high-energy ball milling rate. The purity of amorphous boron powder is 94.8% and panicle sizes are much smaller than 100 nm when the mass ratio of B2O3/Mg/KClO3 is 100：105：17 and the ball milling time is 20 min with the milling rate of 300 r/min. At the same time, the amorphous boron nano-fibers appear in the boron powders.

Crystallization Behaviour of Laser Synthesized Nanometric Amorphous Si_3N_4 Powders

The crystallization behaviour of the laser synthesized nanometric amorphous Si3N4 powders with the particle size of 15 nm in diameter has been studied between 1200° and 1700℃ by XRD,TEM and FTIR techniques. A small amount of β-Si3N4 formed at 1250℃ and increased slowly until the α- β transformation happened at 1700℃, whereas α-Si3N4 appeared at 1300℃ andincreased rapidly between 1500-1600℃. The formation of β phase at the lower temperature was caused by the nitridation of free Si due to the preexisted β-nuclei in the Si3N4 particles, whereasthe α phase was formed by solid crystallization from the amorphous matrix. There were α and β SiC formed at 1700℃ due to the presence of Sio and Co gases in the system. FTIR analysis shows that two new IR absorption at 1356 and 1420 cm-1, and an overall strong absorption in wide wavenumber range resulted from the powders annealed at 1600 and 1700℃ respectively

Impact of gas pressure on particle feature in Fe-based amorphous alloy powders via gas atomization:Simulation and experiment

Gas atomization is now an important production technique for Fe-based amorphous alloy powders used in additive manufacturing,particularly selective laser melting,fabricating large-sized Fe-based bulk metallic glasses.Using the realizable k-εmodel and discrete phase model theory,the flow dynamics of the gas phase and gas-melt two-phase flow felds in the close-wake condition were investigated to establish the correlation between high gas pressure and powder particle characteristics.The locations of the recirculation zones and the shapes of Mach disks were analyzed in detail for the type of discrete-jet closed-coupled gas atomization nozzle.In the gas-phase flow feld,the vortexes,closed to the Mach disk,are found to be a new deceleration method.In the two-phase flow feld,the shape of Mach disk changes from“S”-shape to“Z”-shape under the impact of the droplet flow.As predicted by the wave model,with the elevation of gas pressure,the size of the particle is found to gradually decrease and its distribution becomes more concentrated.Simulation results were compliant with the Fe-based amorphous alloy powder preparation tests.This study deepens the understanding of the gas pressure impacting particle features via gas atomization,and contributes to technological applications.

带材破碎制备Fe_(78)Si_9B_(13)非晶合金粉末及其磁粉芯性能

对带材破碎法制备Fe78Si9B13非晶合金粉末及其磁粉芯的性能进行了研究。球磨气流复合破碎法是带材破碎制粉的有效途径之一。通过与美国Magnetics相同磁导率磁粉芯产品的磁性能对比,证明Fe78Si9B13非晶磁粉芯是综合性能良好的一种新型磁粉芯。

Fe_(78)Si_9B_(13)非晶粉末的钝化工艺对其磁粉芯性能的影响

对Fe78Si9B13非晶合金带材破碎粉末制备磁粉芯中的粉末钝化工艺进行了研究。通过添加3类不同的钝化剂对铁基非晶粉末进行表面钝化处理后,可显著改善非晶磁粉芯的成形性及磁性能。改变钝化剂的配方和浓度、控制钝化程度是控制非晶磁粉芯性能(有效磁导率、品质因数Q、损耗、频率特性等)的有效手段之一。

Fe-Si-B非晶粉末及其磁粉芯研制进展概述

本文概述了带材破碎制备Fe78Si9B13非晶合金粉末及其磁粉芯的制备与性能研究;铁硅硼合金是制备磁粉芯的理想原料;球磨气流复合破碎法是带材破碎制粉的有效途径之一;通过不同磁导率非晶磁粉芯产品的磁性能测试,证明Fe78Si9B13非晶磁粉芯是综合性能良好的一种新型磁粉芯。

Preparation and properties of hot-deformed magnets processed from nanocrystalline/amorphous Nd-Fe-B powders

The hot-deformed magnets processed from nanocrystalline/amorphous Nd-Fe-B powders were preparedunderdifferenthot-pressingtemperatures(600-750℃,at intervals of 25℃)by the self-made hotpressing equipment.The microstructure and magnetic properties of hot-deformed magnets prepared at different temperatures were also investigated.When the temperature is above 650℃,the density of magnet reaches 7.5 g·cm^(-3).The optimum magnetic properties of magnetic induction intensity of B_(r)=1.3 T,optimum energy product of(BH)_(max)=282.5 kJ·m^(-3),intrinsiccoercivityof H_(cj)=1130.0 kA·m-1 of hot-deformed magnets are obtained at hot-pressing temperature of 650℃.X-ray diffractometer pattern shows that the(00 L)texture has been obtained.For the microstructural characteristic,on the one hand,the good magnetic performance is attributed to the fine platelet-like grains with an average length of 410-440 nm at the hot-pressing temperature range from625 to 675℃.On the other hand,the unaligned coarse grains are observed in all the samples.And the areal fraction of those is gradually increasing with the rise of the hot-pressing temperature,which tends to deteriorate the magnetic properties.The composition map shows the accumulation of Nd/Pr-rich phase in the coarse grains’region.

Magnetic Properties of FeSiBC Amorphous Alloy Powder Cores Using Mechanical-crushed Powder

The FeSiBC amorphous powder cores were fabricated using powders of the FeSiBC amorphous ribbons which were mechanically crushed for a short time, and the relationship between magnetic properties and powder particle sizes was evaluated. The saturation magnetization Bs of the amorphous Fe82Si2B15C1 alloy was 1.62 T, which provided a superior dc-bias property for the powder cores. Meanwhile, a stable permeability up to high frequency range over 10 MHz and the low core loss of 400 kW/ma at f=50 kHz and Bm =0.1 T were obtained. These excellent high-frequency magnetic properties of the FeSiBC amorphous powder cores could be attributed to the effective electrical insulation between the FeSiBC amorphous powders made by mechanical crushing.

Effect of Spark Plasma Sintering on Microstructures and Properties of Al-Fe Alloy

2024 Aluminum alloy powder( 60wt%) and Fe-based amorphous powder( 40 wt%) were adopted. They were mechanical machined for 48hours after being mixed. Bulk material was gained after Spark Plasma Sintering. The sintering parameters included sintering temperature,heating or cooling rates,pressure and holding time. 300 ℃- 800 ℃ were adopted while the heating or cooling rate was 100 ℃ / min and with the pressure of 50 MPa in the experiments. The holding time was 10 min or 20 min at different temperatures, respectively. Bulk materials after sintering were examined by Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Diffraction. The micro-hardness and relative density also were tested. The sintering temperature had the most significant influence on the microstructure and property of the bulk material. The influence of holding time came second while the heating or cooling rates and pressure were fixed. The density became larger with the increase of the temperature. The compactness was best at 500℃. The pressure and generation of high-temperature phases were the factors which affected the density and the compactness.

EFFECT OF CeO_2 ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND WEAR RESISTANCE OF LASER REMELTED FeBSi COATING

The hardness and wear resistance of sprayed FeBSi coating after laser remelting were much improved by addition of 8 wt-% CeO_2.Microstructural observation on the FeBSi+CeO_2 coating revealed that the formation of martensite occurs,as well as the refined grains and the more eutectic and compounds with regular morphology are dis- tributed.While the FeBSi coating free from CeO_2 is a sharp constrast in microstructure.

Processing soft ferromagnetic metallic glasses:on novel cooling strategies in gas atomization,hydrogen enhancement,and consolidation

Processing soft ferromagnetic glass-forming alloys through gas atomization and consolidation is the most effective technique to produce bulk samples.The commercial viability of these materials depends on commercial purity feedstock.However,crystallization in commercial purity feedstock is several orders of magnitude faster than in high purity materials.The production of amorphous powders with commercial purity requires high cooling rates,which can only be achieved by extending the common process window in conventional gas atomization.The development of novel cooling strategies during molten metal gas atomization on two model alloys({(Fe0.6Co0.4)0.75B0.2Si0.05}96Nb4 and Fe76B10Si9P5)is reported.Hydrogen inducement during liquid quenching significantly improved the glass-forming ability and soft magnetic properties of{(Fe0.6Co0.4)0.75B0.2Si0.05}96Nb4 powders.Spark plasma sintering experiments verified that amorphous rings could be produced regardless of the cooling strategies used.While the saturation magnetization was almost unaffected by consolidation,the coercivity increased slightly and permeability decreased significantly.The magnetic properties of the final bulk samples were independent of feedstock quality.The developed cooling strategies provide a great opportunity for the commercialization of soft ferromagnetic glass-forming alloys with commercial purity.