Multilayer Magnets

After experimental evidence of intergrain exchange coupling was reported, nanocomposite magnets with high remanence and large energy products were predicted. However, the experimental values of the maximum magnetic energy product of nanocomposite bulk magnets have been much less than the theoretically predicted ones. We gave a brief review on advances in multilayer magnets. The exchange coupling and remanence enhancement were realized in nanocomposite (Nd,Dy)(Fe,Co,Nb,B)_5,5/α-Fe thin films prepared by sputtering and heat treatments. Well-designed multilayer films consist of magnetically hard Nd₂Fe₁₄B-type phase with the grain size of 40 nm and magnetically soft α-Fe phase existing in the form of the continuous layers. Furthermore, we reported the structural and magnetic properties of anisotropic Nd-Fe-B thin films. The effects of thickness, deposition rates, substrate temperature, annealing temperature were studied. A high maximum energy product of (BH)_max = 270 kJ/m³ was obtained for anisotropic Nd-Fe-B thin films.     

Morphology and magnetic properties of Sm2Co7/α-Fe nanocomposite magnets produced by high energy ball milling and spark plasma sintering

In this article,the Sm₂Co₇/α-Fe nanocomposite magnets were prepared by high energy ball milling and spark plasma sintering method.The effect of soft phase content on the magnetic properties was studied.Up to 30 wt% α-Fe was added into Sm₂Co₇ matrix without the decrease of remanence.Optimal energy product(BH)max of 9.2 MGOe was obtained with 20 wt% α-Fe.TEM observation shows that the grain size of α-Fe is 20-50 nm which ensures a good coupling effect between soft and hard phase.One more thing needs to be mentioned is that there exists inter-diffusion between Sm-Co phase and α-Fe phase.Moreover,our results can also illustrate that the Sm₂Co₇/α-Fe nanocomposite magnets are able to acquire better magnetic properties than the SmCo₅/α-Fe magnets prepared by the same process due to the large domain width of Sm₂Co₇ phase.     

工业生产高综合性能烧结 Nd-Fe-B永磁关键技术研究

通过优化合金成分设计和改进合金铸锭按需分配技术、磁场取向成型技术以及烧结技术，应用全部国产设备与国内通用的工业生产烧结Nd-Fe-B永磁的原材料，避免使用镓等稀有贵重金属元素，实现了N45H烧结Nd-Fe-B磁体的工业化生产，其典型磁性能为Br=1.386T(13.86kGs),BHc=1059kA/m(13.32kOe),JHc=1418kA/m(17.83kOe),Hk=1357kA/m(17.06kOe),(BH)max=364kJ/m^3(45.8MGOe)。，SEM观察和XRD分析结果表明，制造的N45H烧结Nd-Fe-B磁体具有良好的取向度和晶粒细小而均匀的显微组织。     

Application of Magnetic Field in Fabrication Process of Anisotropic Bonded Nd-Fe-B Magnet

This work studied the application of the different magnetic field used in the compaction process for die fabrication of anisotropic Nd-Fe-B bonded magnet. The static field made from Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets was used in the blending process to separate the particles each other. The SEM observation gave intuitionistic results about it. The anisotropic Nd-Fe-B bonded magnets were fabricated with warm-compaction under the electromagnetic field about 2.5 T. It is known that magnetic field is necessary for anisotropic materials fabrication for alignment. And warm compaction was used to decrease the viscousness of binder, to enhance alignment magnetic particle while press, and to get high density materials. For coercivity of Nd-Fe-B magnets decrease largely with the temperature increasing, press in proper temperature and oriented field is benefit to the magnetic characteristics and the mechanical properties of the anisotropic bonded Nd-Fe-B magnets. Finally solidifying process was performed under the pulse field of 4 T. The increment for solidifying in the field was about 15% for maximum energy product of the bonded magnet. The magnetic properties of anisotropic bonded Nd-Fe-B magnets from d-HDDR powders compact at 90 °C in alignment field of 2.5 T were: B_r=8.55 kGs, _iH_c=12.0 kOe, (BH)_max=14.57 MGOe.     

Effects of magnetic annealing on crystallization and magnetic properties of Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposite magnets

Crystallization and magnetic properties of Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposite magnets have been investigated by annealing the as-spun ribbons with magnetic field.The crystallization process was accelerated by field annealing.The hysteresis loop became to be fat by magnetic annealing at 645 oC for 4 min,which was 690 oC for ribbons annealing without magnetic field.The relative content of α-Fe phase was increased from the results of XRD.The strength of the magnetic field had no obvious influence on the remanence and coercivity,but modified the squareness of hysteresis loop.     

A Study of Two-Phase Nanocrystalline Nd_(8.5)Fe_(75)Co_5Cu_1Zr_3Nb_1B_(6.5)Permanent Magnet

Materialswithenhancedremanentmagneticpo larizationwereinitiallypreparedbyCoehoorn[1] frommelt spunNd3.8Fe77B19.2 ribbonsbyheattreatment .Thesimilarbehaviorwasalsoobservedfrommelt spuntwo phasesamplesofNd2 Fe14 Bandα Fe[2 ] .Themag neticpropertiesofisotropicnanocrystallinetwo phasepermanentsdependsensitivelyonmicrostructuralfea tures,suchasdistributionofmagneticallyhardandsoftphases ,meangrainsize ,particleshapeandgrainboundarytype[3] .Inordertoobtainhighmaximumenergyproduct ,itisnecessaryt…     

Effects of magnetic annealing on crystallization and magnetic properties of Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposite magnets

Crystallization and magnetic properties of Nd₂Fe₁₄B/α-Fe nanocomposite magnets have been investigated by annealing the as-spun ribbons with magnetic field. The crystallization process was accelerated by field annealing. The hysteresis loop became to be fat by magnetic annealing at 645 °C for 4 min, which was 690 °C for ribbons annealing without magnetic field. The relative content of α-Fe phase was increased from the results of XRD. The strength of the magnetic field had no obvious influence on the remanence and coercivity, but modified the squareness of hysteresis loop.     

Effects of grain boundary diffusion of PrCu alloy on microstructure and coercivity of hot deformed(Nd,Ce)-Fe-B magnets

The technology of using high abundance rare earth element Ce in permanent magnets has attracted many concerns.In this work,the magnetic properties and microstructures of hot deformed(Nd_(1-x)Ce_x)_(13.8)Fe_(76.1)Co_4 Ga_(0.5)B_(5.6) magnets and a selective magnet treated with PrCu grain boundary diffusion process(GBDP) were investigated systematically.It is found that Ce is beneficial to improving the plastic deformation ability of NdFeB magnets.The strongest c-axis orientation is achieved in the HD magnets with Ce concentration of x=0.3,resulting in good comprehensive magnetic properties of B_r=13.00 kGs,H_(cj)=10.12 kOe,(BH)_(max)=38.42 MGOe.Based on that,the GBDP was implemented on the magnets with the best orientation using Pr_(68)Cu_(32) ribbons and the magnetic properties of B_r=12.87 kGs,H_(cj)=15.65 kOe,(BH)_(max)=37.48 MGOe were obtained.The results of composition distribution and Curie temperature test of the GBDPed magnets illustrate that Pr diffuses into the(Nd,Ce)_2(Fe,Co)_(14)B grains to substitute Ce,which not only improves the Curie temperature of the grains,but also enhances the magnetic performance of the magnets.Through GBDP,the thermal stability of magnets has also been improved.     

Preparation and magnetic properties of anisotropic Nd_2Fe_(14)B/Sm_2Co_(17) hybrid-bonded magnets

In the present work, anisotropic Nd_2 Fe_(14) B/Sm_2 Co_(17) hybrid-bonded magnets were prepared with different Nd-Fe-B contents. It is found that the particle distributions and ratios between the two magnetic phases have important roles in the magnetic properties, microstructures and thermal stability of the magnets. With increase of Nd-Fe-B content, the saturation magnetization of the anisotropic hybrid magnet increases significantly, however, coercivity decreases, and the demagnetization curves show magnetically single-phase behavior. The anisotropic Nd_2 Fe_(14) B/Sm_2 Co_(17) hybrid-bonded magnets exhibit a maximum energy product and remanence of 14.15 MGOe and 99.53 A·m~2/kg, respectively, when the NdFe-B content is 70 wt% at room temperature. Furthermore, the hybrid magnets also have better thermal stability at elevated temperatures due to the interaction between the two magnetic particles.     

Coercivity enhancement of Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposite magnets through neodymium diffusion under annealing

The coercivity enhancement of ball-milled Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposite magnets was investigated. It was found that the coercivity could be enhanced through mixing a small amount of Nd powder with as-milled Fe-rich Nd-Fe-B powders. The annealed samples were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and magnetic measurement systems. Under annealing, some of Nd powders promoted the formation of hard magnetic phase Nd2Fe14B. On the other hand, a few of Nd would diffuse into the interface of Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposite to compensate for the loss of the interfacial magnetic anisotropy. These two features are all beneficial to the coercivity.     

高Ce 含量的速凝带及其磁性能

近年来,Nd-Fe-B磁体需求量的与日俱增间接地造成了稀土Ce 金属的大量积压,为提高稀土Ce 的利 用率,并降低Nd-Fe-B磁体的生产成本,可采取双主相合金法制备（Nd, Ce）-Fe-B磁体,为解决上述难题提供 了一种有效途径。通过对高Ce 含量速凝带的成分及速凝工艺的探索,成功制备出了具有较好枝晶且几乎 不含α-Fe 相的Ce-Fe-B 和（Nd, Ce）-Fe-B 速凝带。在制备的烧结磁体中,（Nd, Ce）-Fe-B 磁体的剩磁达到了 11.33 kGs,Ce-Fe-B磁体的剩磁达到了8.037 kGs,为后期制定制备高Ce 含量的高性能双主相磁体的热处理工 艺提供了数据参考。     

Investigation on Hard Magnetic Properties of Nanocomposite Permanent Magnets with Precipitate-Typed Microstructure by Micromagnetic Finite-Element Methods

Maximumenergyproduct (BH) maxisakeychar acteristicofapermanentmagnet (PM ) .Theoptimal(BH) maxislimitedbythevalueofJr2 / 4 μ0 (Jrrema nence)correspondingtoanidealrectangularhysteresisloopwhencoercivityμ0 HcisatleastlargerthanJr/ 2 .FormostrareearthPM ,thecoercivityisfarlargerthantheremanence[1,2 ] .Thus ,remanenceenhance mentbecomesanimportantroleindeveloping(BH) max.Sincehighremanencewasfoundinisotrop icnanostructuredPM ,muchefforthasbeenpaidtoachievehighperformancePM[3,4 ] .Thehigh…     

Computer Simulation of Effect of Intergrain Exchange Interaction on Magnetic Properties of Nanocomposite Magnets

Nanocompositemagnetsareoneofcandidatesformagnetsinthenextgeneration .Inananocompositemagnet,theexistenceofmagneticallysoftgrainswithahighsaturationmagnetizationenhancestherema nence,andconsequentlyahigh (BH ) max valueisachieved[1] .Asthemagnetizationinthesoftgrainsispreventedfromtheirreversalbytheintergrainex changeinteractionbetweensoftandhardgrains ,theintergrainexchangeinteractionplaysanimportantroleindeterminingmagneticproperties .Therefore ,itscontrolisconsideredtobeakeytechnologyforobt…     

Spark Plasma Sintering Nd-Fe-B Permanent Magnets With Good All-Around Property

In present study, sintered Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets with different compositions were fabricated by using both Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) technique and conventional sintering technique. Microstructure and compositions of both magnets are observed by scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive X-ray detector. Magnetic properties, mechanical properties, and chemical stabilities of both Nd-Fe-B magnets are investigated. Compared with the conventional sintered magnets, SPS Nd-Fe-B magnets possess comparable magnetic properties, better corrosion resistance and mechanical properties. Further investigation shows that the good all-around properties of the SPS magnets result from their unique microstructure. In detail, the grain size of Nd₂Fe₁₄B main phase is fine and uniform, only a few Nd-rich phase forms along the grain boundaries of Nd₂Fe₁₄B, while most of them agglomerates into the triple junctions. As a result, SPS process is expected to be a promising method for the production of new Nd-Fe-B magnets with good all-around properties.     

加剂方式对烧结钕铁硼磁体磁性能的影响

钕铁硼永磁材料在民用、航空航天等众多领域得到广泛的应用。高档次烧结钕铁硼磁体具有良好的市场前景。商业磁体多是由大块烧结毛坯切割而成,磁性能一致性是市场的基本要求之一,润滑剂等化学试剂和磁粉混合不均匀是影响一致性的一个重要因素。钕铁硼磁粉化学性质活泼、容易氧化,制粉的全过程都在氮气气氛下进行,没有合适的设备,想均匀加入化学试剂困难很大。研究人员因设备条件不足无法开展进一步探索。针对这个问题,项目组自行开发了专利产品"自动雾化加剂设备"。通过改变化学试剂加入方式,改善了磁粉和化学试剂混合均匀性,提高了磁体取向度,生产过程中也更好地保护了磁粉,得到内部一致性更好、磁性能更高的烧结钕铁硼磁体:剩磁(Br)=1.426 T,内禀矫顽力(Hcj)=1373.1 kA·m^-1,最大磁能积((BH)max)=406.99 kJ·m^-3。毛坯内部磁性能一致性的提高对后期加工成小片的商业磁体很有意义。开发的"自动雾化加剂设备"已经在烧结钕铁硼行业中得到广泛应用。     

High-performance α-Fe/Pr2Fe14B-type nanocomposite magnets fabricated by direct melt spinning

High-performance α-Fe/Pr2Fe14B-type nanocomposite magnets based on the compositions of Pr8Fe86B6 microalloyed with Co, Nb and C were fabricated by direct melt spinning. The coercivity was greatly improved from 5.5 kOe for the Pr8Fe86B6 ribbons to 7.4 kOe for the Pr8Fe85NbB5C ribbons. The balanced high coercivity and remanence were obtained in Pr8Fe75Co10NbB5C ribbons due to the Co substitution for Fe, which led to the significant improvement of magnetic properties in these ribbons. A remanence ratio of 0.82, a coercive field of 6.6 kOe and a maximum energy product of 26.2 MGOe in melt-spun Pr8Fe75Co10NbB5C ribbons were obtained at room temperature.     

Magnetic properties and microstructure of nanocrystalline bulk Nd-Fe-B with Ce-Co addition

The influence of Ce-Co alloy addition and sintering holding time on permanent magnetic properties and micro structure of nanocrystalline Nd-Fe-B bulk alloy were investigated.The coercivity of Nd-Fe-B bulk alloy can be enhanced greatly by more than 100% after adding Ce-Co powders.However,when the concentration of Ce-Co is up to 30 wt%,the density of the magnet can reach the maximum value of 7.58 g/cm~3,but the coercivity does not increase significantly.On the other hand,with the increase of holding time to 10 min,the density and coercivity of magnets increase gradually,reaching up to 7.55 g/cm~3 and 1134.3 kA/m,respectively.After the addition of Ce-Co alloy,Ce-Co may easily diffuse into the Nd-Fe-B matrix during hot-pressing and under the high pressure and temperature,thus increasing the content of grain boundary phase and the pinning effect of grain boundary,which leads to the increase of coercivity.The extension of the hot-pressing holding time may be more conducive to the diffusion of CeCo into the Nd-Fe-B matrix.In addition,the effect of Ce-Co addition on the magnetic properties of Nd-FeB with different content of rare earth was also studied.The addition of Ce-Co can effectively increase the coercivity of nanocomposite Nd_2 Fe_(14)B/α-Fe magnets.The addition of Nb to the parent alloy can further improve the coercivity.For Nd_(11)Fe_(81.5)Nb_1 Ga_(0.5)B_6 alloy with 10 wt% Ce-Co addition,the coercivity can increase from 740.28 to 1098.48 kA/m.     

Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Anisotropic Nd-Fe-B Magnets Fabricated by Single-Stage Hot Deformation

Anisotropic Nd-Fe-B magnets were fabricated by the single stage hot deformation (SSHD) method. The magnetic properties of the anisotropic Nd-Fe-B magnets are as follows: the maximum energy product is 234.7 kJ·m-3, remanence 1.16 T and coercivity 684.3 kA·m-1. A study of the relationship between microstructure and magnetic properties for the anisotropic Nd-Fe-B magnets was carried out. The results show that the grains of Nd2Fe14B have grown up preferentially along the direction perpendicular to the pressing direction.     

Effect of crushing methods on morphology and magnetic properties of anisotropic NdFeB powders

Crushing is a critical factor for the anisotropic Nd Fe B powders with high magnetic properties. However, the traditional crushing methods of disk-milling(DM) or impact crushing(IC), are difficult to obtain high-performance powders. Herein, a new method of preparing anisotropic powders with high performance was reported, which was through crushing the hot-deformed magnets perpendicular to c-axis direction(shear crushing, SC). The microstructure and alignment of the magnets were examined by scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and X-ray diffraction(XRD), respectively. The results indicated that the cracks mainly extended along the Nd-rich grain boundary phase and/or the binding interface of ribbons. It not only could protect the magnetic phase from being damaged, but also could keep the grains integrated. Therefore, shear crushing was an effective method for the preparation of highperformance anisotropic powders and then to fabricate the bonded magnets with B_r=9.0 kGs, H_(ci)=10.48 kOe and(BH)_(max)=17.7 MGOe.     

Effect of Sm-rich liquid phase on magnetic properties and microstructures of sintered 2:17-type Sm-Co magnet

The effect of Sm-rich liquid phase(Sm2Co3) on magnetic properties and microstructure of 2:17-type Sm-Co magnet was studied.Three phases existed in liquid phase ingot,and took on white,dark grey and grey,respectively.It was found that the composition of the greyarea was similar to the nominal one.Our results indicated that the optimal composition was obtained at 3 wt.% liquid phase added,and themagnetic properties were Br=11.58 kGs,Hci>26 kOe,(BH)m=29.51 MGOe.Br increased by 3%,Hci was 13 times larger,and(BH...