Fabrication and modelling of Si_(3)N_(4)ceramics with radial grain alignment generated through centripetal sinter-forging

Silicon nitride(Si_(3)N_(4))based ceramics are one of the most attractive advanced engineering materials,which have been widely used under high-speed rotational operation or for mechanical contacts across a curved surface.In the present study,rotationally symmetric texturing of Si_(3)N_(4),with radial grain align-ment,was obtained by centripetal sinter-forging(CSF)of a partially sintered sample.The average values of the included angles between the c-axis of the local Si_(3)N_(4)grain and radial direction were approxi-mately 16.4°and 11.0°,on the section plane perpendicular to the pressing direction,and parallel to both the pressing and radial directions,respectively.The compressive strain in the pressing direction forced the ceramic body to flow towards the central axis,resulting in compressive strain in the tangential di-rection and tensile strain in the radial direction.A fundamental physical model was created to simulate the grain rotation during the 3-dimentional strain reorientation,which revealed the rod-like grain would preferentially rotate toward the center of the sample under the CSF process.In addition,due to the fric-tion between the sample surface and the pressing punch,the increased shear strain could enhance the Si_(3)N_(4)grain alignment.Consequently,ceramics with rod-like grains perpendicular to the curved side sur-face could be anticipated by applying the centripetal forming concept in a controlled manner.

Relation of the Coercivity with the Grain Alignment Degree in Nd－Fe－B Sintermagnets

The experimental results show that the coercivity of Nd-Fe-B sintermagnet decreases with increasing of the grain alignment degree of the magnets (i.e. decreasing of the orientation distribution coefficient σ).The coercivities of the magnets with different orientation degree are calculated based on the pinning,nucleation and starting field theory,respectively.The comparison of the calculated values with the experimental results shows that the theoretical results are deviating from the experiments seriously for both pinning mechanism and nucleation mechanism. In contrast with that,the calculated values based on the starting field theory are in good agreement with the experimental results.

Influence of misch metal content on microstructure and magnetic properties of R–Fe–B magnets sintered by dual alloy method

MM14Fe79.9B6.1/Nd13.5Fe80.5B6 magnets were fabricated by dual alloy method（MM, misch metal）. Some magnets have two Curie temperatures. Curie temperatures Tc1corresponds to the main phase which contains more La Ce, and Tc1 decreases from 276.5℃ to 256.6℃ with the content of MM increasing from 30.3 at.% to 50.6 at.%. The variation of Br with the increase of MM indicates the existence of inter-grain exchange coupling in the magnets. When MM/R ≤ 30.3 at.%,the magnetic properties can reach the level of the intrinsic coercivity Hcj≥ 7.11 kOe and the maximum energy product（BH）max≥ 41 MGOe. Compared with Nd, La and Ce are easier to diffuse to the grain boundaries in the sintering process,and this will cause the decrease of H（cj） Due to the diffusion between the grains, the atomic ratio of La, Ce, Pr, and Nd in each grain is different and the percentage of Nd in all grains is higher than that in misch metal.