Coercivity mechanism of La-Nd-Fe-B films with Y spacer layer

The effect of the Y spacer layer on the phase composition,coercivity,and magnetization reversal processes of La-Nd-Fe-B films has been investigated.The addition of a 10 nm Y spacer layer increases the coercivity of the film to 1.36 T at 300 K and remains 0.938 T at 380 K.As the thickness of the Y spacer layer increases,Y participates in the formation of the main phase in the film,and further regulates the formation of La-B phases.The results of the first-order reversal curve(FORC)and micromagnetic fitting show that the coercivity of all the films is dominated by nucleation mechanism.The c-axis preferred orientation,good magnetic microstructure parameters and the largest dipole interaction enhance the coercivity.Therefore,the introduction of the Y spacer layer can be an effective way to improve the coercivity of La-Nd-Fe-B film over a wide temperature range of 150 K-380 K.

Effect of CeO_(2)doping on the coercivity of 2:17 type SmCo magnets

The effects of CeO_(2)doping on the magnetic properties and microstructure of 2:17 type SmCo magnets are studied.With the increase of CeO_(2)from 0 wt.%to 3 wt.%,the coercivity of the magnets increases from 22.22 kOe to over 29.37 kOe,which is an increase of more than 30%.When the doping content is lower than 1 wt.%,the remanence and magnetic energy product of the magnets remain almost constant.Both decrease sharply as the doping concentration further increases.After CeO_(2)doping,the oxide content in the magnet increases significantly and the Ce element is uniformly distributed in the magnet.Observing the magnetic domains reveals that doping with CeO_(2)can refine the magnetic domains and make the magnetic domain wall more stable,resulting in a significant increase in the coercivity of the magnets.

Coercivity enhancement of sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets by grain boundary diffusion with Pr_(80-x)Al_(x)Cu_(20)alloys

A grain boundary diffusion(GBD)process with Pr_(80-x)Al_(x)Cu_(20)(x=0,10,15,20)low melting point alloys was applied to commercial 42M sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets.The best coercivity enhancement of a diffused magnet was for the Pr_(65)Al_(15)Cu_(20)GBD magnet,from 16.38 kOe to 22.38 kOe.Microstructural investigations indicated that increase in the Al content in the diffusion source can form a continuous grain boundary(GB)phase,optimizing the microstructure to enhance the coercivity.The coercivity enhancement is mainly due to the formation of a continuous GB phase to separate the main phase grains.Exchange decoupling between the adjacent main phase grains is enhanced after the GBD process.Meanwhile,the introduction of Al can effectively promote the infiltration of Pr into the magnet,which increases the diffusion rate of rare-earth elements within a certain range.This work provides a feasible method to enhance coercivity and reduce the use of rare-earth resources by partial replacement of rare-earth elements with non-rare-earth elements in the diffusion source.

High Energy and High Coercivity Sintered NdFeB Magnets by Low Oxygen Process

Using ball milling and single direction pressing, we can produce high performance NdFeB sintered magnets. The oxygen content of sintered magnets can be controlled under 1500xl0^-6 and the magnetic performance can be improved by using low oxygen processing. The high preformance NdFeB sintered magnets with Br=(1.4 ± 0.2)T, iHc>796 kA/m and (BH)max=(390± 16) kJ/m^3, have been batch produced.

Coercivity mechanisms in nanostructured permanent magnets

Coercivity mechanism in permanent magnets has been debated for many years.In this paper, various models of the coercivity mechanism are classified and re-examined by the comparison and contrast.Coherent rotation and curling models can reveal the underlying reversal mechanism clearly based on isolated grains with elliptic shapes.By contrast, the numerical methods consider inter-grain interactions while simulating the evolution of the spins and hysteresis loops with complicated shapes.However, an exact simulation of magnetic reversal in permanent nanomagnets requires many meshes to mimic the thin domain wall well.Nucleation and pinning are the two main coercivity mechanisms in permanent magnets.The former signifies the beginning of the magnetic reversal, whilst the latter completes it.Recently, it is proposed that the large difference between the intrinsic magnetic properties of the nucleation centers and those of the main phase can result in a large pinning field(self-pinning), which has the attributes of both traditional nucleation and pinning.Such a pinning explains the experimental data of permanent magnets very well, including the enhancement of the coercivity by the grain boundary pinning.

Crystallization behaviour and high coercivity of (Nd,Pr)_(13)Fe_(80)Nb_1B_6 melt-spun ribbons

Amorphous （Nd,Pr）13Fe80Nb1B6 ribbons were crystallized at 670-730°C for 5-25 min to study the effects of isothermal crystallization on their behavior and magnetic properties. XRD results indicate that the isothermal incubation time is 12, 5, and less than 5 min at 670, 700, and 730°C, respectively. High coercivities, with the maximum value of iHc = 1616 kA/m at 700°C for 19 min, measured by a physical property measurement system, are obtained in the crystallized ribbons. This is mainly attributed to the addition of Pr and Nb, because Pr2Fe14B has a higher anisotropic field than Nd2Fe14B, and Nb enriched in the grain boundary regions can not only reduce the exchange-coupling effects among hard grains, but also impede grain growth during the crystallization process. In addition, it should also be related to the characteristics of the furnace that the authors designed.

Temperature stability and microstructure of ultra-high intrinsic coercivity Nd-Fe-B magnets

The variations of intrinsic coercivity and remanence of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets with ultra-high intrinsic coercivity were investigated. The results showed that the intrinsic coercivity and remanence declined simultaneously with increasing temperature, but the squareness of the magnets has hardly been changed. The temperature coefficients of remanence （α） and coercivity （β） for the magnets were calculated by two different methods, and the variations of the temperature coefficients and the microstructure of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets were analyzed. The temperature coefficients of remanence （α） and coercivity （β） for the sintered magnets are very small, and the existence of fine microstructure is necessary to obtain sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets with ultra-high intrinsic coercivity.

Texture analysis of ultra-high coercivity Sm_(2)Co_(7) hot deformation magnets

Bulk anisotropic Sm_(2)Co_(7) nanocrystalline magnets were successfully prepared by hot deformation process using spark plasma sintering technology.The coercivity of the isotropic Sm_(2)Co_(7) nanocrystalline magnet is 34.76 kOe,further,the ultra-high coercivity of 50.68 kOe is obtained in the anisotropic hot deformed Sm_(2)Co_(7) magnet when the height reduction is70%,which is much higher than those of the ordinarily produced hot deformed Sm_(2)Co_(7) magnet.X-ray diffraction(XRD)analysis shows that all the samples are Sm_(2)Co_(7) single phase.The investigation by electron backscatter diffraction indicates that increasing the amount of deformation is beneficial to the improvement of the(001) texture of Sm_(2)Co_(7) magnets.The Sm_(2)Co_(7) nanocrystalline magnet generates a strong c-axis crystallographic texture during large deformation process.

Reduction of Coercivity of Fe-N Soft Magnetic Film by Heat Treatment

200 nm thick Fe-N magnetic thin films were deposited on glass substrates by RF sputtering. The as-deposited films have high saturation magnetization but their coercivity is also higher than what is needed Therefore it is very important to reduce coercivity. The samples were vacuum annealed at 250℃ under 12000 A/m magnetic field. When the N content was in the range of 5-7 at. pct, the thin films consisted of α' +α' after heat treatment and had excellent soft magnetic properties of 4πMs=2.4 T, HC <80 A/m. However, the thickness of a recording head was 2μm, and Hc increased as thickness increased. In order to reduce the Hc, the sputtering power was raised from 200 W to 1000 W to reduce the grain size. 2μm Fe-N thin films were vacuum annealed under the same condition, when the N content was in the range of 5.9-8.5 at. pct, the thin films kept its excellent magnetic properties of 4πMs=2.2 T, HC <80 A/m. The properties of the films meet the need of a recording head material used in the dual-element GMR/inductive heads.

Improvement in coercivity,thermal stability,and corrosion resistance of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets with Dy_(80)Ga_(20) intergranular addition

To investigate the coercivity,corrosion resistance,and thermal stability of Nd-Fe-B magnets,their properties were investigated at room and high temperature before and after doping with Dy（80）Ga（20）（at.%） powder.The coercivity of the magnets increased from the undoped value of 12.72 kOe to a doped value of 21.44 kOe.A micro-structural analysis indicates that a well-developed core-shell structure forms in the magnets doped with Dy（80）Ga（20） powder.The improvement in magnetic properties is believed to be related to the refined and uniform matrix grains,continuous grain boundaries,and a hardened（Nd,Dy）2Fe（14）B shell surrounding the matrix grains.Additionally,the doped magnets exhibit an obvious improvement in thermal stability.For the magnets with added Dy（80）Ga（20） powder,the temperature coefficients of remanence（α） and coercivity（β） increased to-0.106%℃-（-1） and-0.60%℃-（-1） over the range 20-100 ℃,compared to temperature coefficients of-0.117%℃-（-1）（α） and-0.74%℃-（-1）（β） in the regular magnets without Dy（80）Ga（20） powder.The irreversible loss of magnetic flux（Hirr） was investigated at different temperatures.After being exposed to 150 ℃ for 2 h,the Hirr of magnets with 4 wt.%Dy（80）Ga（20） decreased by -95%compared to that of the undoped magnets.The enhanced temperature coefficients and Hirr indicate improved thermal stability in the doped Nd-Fe-B magnets.The intergranular addition of Dy（80）Ga（20） also improved the corrosion resistance of the magnets because of the enhanced intergranular phase.In a corrosive atmosphere for 96 h,the mass loss of the sintered magnets with 4 wt.%Dy（80）Ga（20） was 2.68 mg/cm-2,less than 10%of that suffered by the undoped magnets（28.1 mg/cm-2）.

COERCIVITY AND ITS GRAIN SIZE DEPENDENCE IN CAST-HOT PRESSED Pr-Fe-B MAGNETS

Characteristics of magnetic hardening in cast-hot pressed magnet Pr_(19)Fe_(74.5)B_5Cu_(1.5)were stu- died.The microstructure features and virgin magnetization curve reveal a nucleation control- led coercivity mechanism.Regression analysis shows that the intrinsic coercivity varies inversely as the logarithm of the average grain size: _iH_c(MA/m)=1.7312-0.48161nd(μm) which confirms the randomness of nucleation of reversed domains and the statistical nature of coercivity,indicating that the decrease of grain size would reduce the average number of de- fects on its surface and lower the probability of magnetization reversal of a grain and the cu- mulative fraction of the grains that have reversed their magnetization.Coercivity is thus en- hanced.

THE INFLUENCES OF SOLUTION PH AND CURRENT DENSITY ON COERCIVITY OF ELECTROPLATING CoNdNiMnP PERMANENT MAGNETIC ALLOY FILM ARRAYS

The influences of plating bath solution PH and current density on coercivity of electroplating CoNdNiMnP permanent magnetic film arrays were studied. The experiment results show that both for solution PH and current density there were the best depositing parameters. Too high and too low plating bath solution PH or current density both result in decreasing of the film array coercivity. When solution PH is 3.5 and current density is 5mA/cm2, the prepared film array coercivity can reach the maximum.

Investigation of the coercivity mechanism for Nd-Fe-B based magnets prepared by a new technique of strip casting

The coercivity mechanism of Nd-Fe-B based magnets prepared by a new techniqueof strip casting was investigated. Different from the traditional magnets, α-Fe phases aredifficult to be found in Nd-Fe-B magnets prepared by strip casting. Meanwhile, the rich-Nd phasesoccur not only near the grain boundaries of main phases, but also within the main-phase grains.Investigation on the magnetizing field dependence of the coercivity for the(Nd_(0.935)Dy_(0.065))_(14.5)Fe_(79.4)B_(6.1) magnet and the temperature dependence of thecoercivity for the Nd_(14.5)Fe_(79.4)B_(6.1) magnet hav been done. Results show that coercivitiesfor strip casting magnets are controlled by the nucleation mechanism.

Effect of annealing temperature on coercivity of Nd-Fe-B magnets with TbFeAl doping by process of hot-pressing

The Nd-Fe-B magnets are pre-sintered and then processed with hot-pressing,and the resulting magnets are called the hot-pressed pretreated(HPP)magnets.The coercivity of the HPP magnets increases as the annealed temperature increases.When the annealing temperature is 900℃,the coercivity of the magnet is only 17.6 kOe(1 Oe=79.5775 A·m^-1),but when the annealing temperature rises up to 1060℃,the coercivity of the magnet reaches 23.53 kOe,which is remarkably increased by 33.7%.The microstructure analysis indicates that the grain surface of the HPP magnet becomes smoother as the annealed temperature increases.The microstructure factorαis changed according to the intrinsic coercivity model formula.Theαof the magnet at 900℃is only 0.578,but it is 0.825 at 1060℃.Microstructural optimization is due mainly to the increase of coercivity of the HPP magnet.

Coercivity and microstructure of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets diffused with Pr-Co,Pr-Al,and Pr-Co-Al alloys

The commercial 42 M Nd-Fe-B magnet was treated by grain boundary diffusion(GBD)with Pr_(70)Co_(30)(PC),Pr_(70)Al_(30)(PA)and Pr_(70)Co_(15)Al_(15)(PCA)alloys,respectively.The mechanism of coercivity enhancement in the GBD magnets was investigated.The coercivity was enhanced from 1.63 T to 2.15 T in the PCA GBD magnet,higher than the 1.81 T of the PC GBD magnet and the 2.01 T of the PA GBD magnet.This indicates that the joint addition of Co and Al in the diffusion source can further improve the coercivity.Microstructural investigations show that the coercivity enhancement is mainly attributed to the exchange-decoupling of the GB phases.In the PCA GBD magnet,the wider thin GB phases can be formed and the thin GB phases can still be observed at the diffusion depth of 1500μm due to the combined action of Co and Al.At the same time,the formation of the Pr-rich shell can also be observed,which is helpful for the coercivity enhancement.

THE RELATION BETWEEN THE TEMPERING EFFECTS AND THE INTRINSIC COERCIVITY OF SINTERED SmCo5 ALLOY AT 750℃

The relation between the tempering effects of sinterd SmCo^(5)alloy at 750℃and its intrinsic coercivity(i^(Hc))has been studied by the use of photoelectron energy spectrum.X-ray diffraction and high-voltage electron microscope.The result is that the cause of iHc dropping seriously for sintered SmCo_(5)alloy tempered at 750 t is not the eutectoid decomposition of SmCo_(5)and the increase of oxygen.In fact,iHcdropping is caused by that some defect-rich regions in Sm_(2)Co_(17)decomposed form SmC0_(5)from nucleation centers in reversed magnetization course.

High Coercivity Sr-ferrite Magnetic Thin Films Induced by Various Underlayers

Three kinds of oxide underlayers, namely Si02, ZnO and Al2O3, were deposited prior to the sputtering of Sr-ferrite films, respectively, in order to induce the optimum grain morphology and the texture of the films. A Sr-ferrite film with an easy axis in-plane orientation was induced by SiO2 underlayer. In contrast, it prefers to be perpendicular to film plane for the cases of ZnO and Al2O3 underlayers. The optimum magnetic properties of the former film along film plane are: 4πMr=1.7 kG, iHc=5.35 kOe, and Sq=0.59, which are mainly dominated by the exchange coupling effect, determined by Wohlfarth's remanence analysis, among grains. While those for the films with an easy axis perpendicular to film plane can be as high as 4πMr=3.72 kG, iHc=6.42 kOe, and Sq=0.82, which are mainly dominated by the magnetostatic interaction among grains.

THE EFFECT OF Mo ADDITION ON COERCIVITY OF NdFeB SINTERED MAGNET PREPARED BY BLENDING METHOD

Alloy modification, accompanying with proper heat treatment, is commonly used to improve the thermal stability of NdFeB magnet. Traditional alloy modification is performed through melting process with alloy elements to form the multi-alloy. In doing so, these alloy elements not only are introduced into the inter-ranular boundaries, but partly into the main phase, thus decreasing to some extent the magnetism of the main phase. In this paper, the blending method is used to prepare the Nd22Fe71B7/Mo sintered magnet, and its magnetic properties and microstractures are investigated. The results show that by adding 1.5% （mass fraction） Mo, the intrinsic coercivity 24, of the magnet reaches the maximum value of 1719.36KA/m, while continually increasing the amount of Mo has a less effect on iHc Microstructures analysis indicates that Mo-free Nd-Fe-B magnet has not uniform grains in size, while that with Mo element has uniform grains in size and smooth grain boundaries. Experiments show that after the NdFeB magnet is sintered at 1273K and annealed at 873K, the added Mo element could prevent the equilibrium transformation between the main phase and Nd-rich phase, thus resulting in the precipitation of fine second main phase （Nd2Fe14-xMoxB） from the main phase boundaries, preventing the nucleation and expansion of anti-magnetic domain, and enhancing the coercivity.

Microstructure and Coercivity in High H_c Sm(Co, Cu, Fe, Zr)_(7.4) and Nd-Fe-B Alloys

1. Introduction So far the microstructure and coercivityof Sm（Co, Cu, Fe, Zr）;alloy have beenstudied in detail by various authors. The effect of Zr-rich laminar phasestructure on the high coecivity of alloyis more attractive. The changes of magnetic

INFLECTION OF COERCIVITY DURING LOCAL CRYSTALLIZATION OF Fe-Si-B AMORPHOUS ALLOYS

An inflection hehaviour was revealed during isothermal annealing under the observation of transition of the coercivity of Fe-Si-B amorphous alloys during local crystallization.It may be interpreted by the transition of α-Fe grain precipitated from single to multiple domain, Thus,the theoretical expression of H_0-t_a may be derived.The plot of expression H_0-t_a calcu- lated well represents the feature of the experimental curve.