Effects of post-sinter annealing on microstructure and magnetic properties of Nd–Fe–B sintered magnets with Nd–Ga intergranular addition

We investigate the effects of post-sinter annealing on the microstructure and magnetic properties in B-lean Nd–Fe–B sintered magnets with different quantities of Nd–Ga intergranular additions. The magnet with fewer Nd–Ga additions can enhance 0.2 T in coercivity, with its remanences nearly unchanged after annealing. With the further increase of the Nd–Ga addition, the annealing process leads coercivity to increase 0.4 T, accompanied by a slight decrease of remanence. With the Nd–Ga addition further increasing and after annealing, however, the increase of coercivity is basically constant and the change of remanence is reduced. Microstructure observation indicates that the matrix grains are covered by continuous thin grain boundary phase in the magnets with an appropriate Nd–Ga concentration after the annealing process. However, the exceeding Nd–Ga addition brings out notable segregation of grain boundary phase, and prior formation of part RE6 Fe13 Ga phase in the sintered magnet. This prior formation results in a weaker change of remanence after the annealing process.Therefore, the diverse changes of magnetic properties with different Nd–Ga concentrations are based on the respective evolution of grain boundary after the annealing process.     

纳米复合永磁材料中软磁性相交换硬化的研究

本文就纳米复合永磁材料中软磁相被交换硬化问题,从一维模型和三维模拟计算进行了分析研究. 一维和三维各向异性样品研究表明,在相同微结构下,当硬磁相的各向异性降低时,除矫顽力降低外,在磁矩全部反转之前退磁曲线是一样的. 因此,硬磁相各向异性的降低不会导致最大磁能积(BH)_max增大和剩磁增加. 对于三维各向同性样品的模拟计算表明,降低硬磁相的各向异性会使剩磁和(BH)_max都明显降低. 因此,增强硬磁相的各向异性并增大硬磁相晶粒尺寸是提高 关键词： 纳米复合永磁 矫顽力 剩磁 磁能积     

Studies on the magnetic properties for single-phase nanocrystalline FePt magnets with different orientation degrees

The single-phase nanocrystalline FePt magnets composed of 343 irregular-shaped grains are built. The demagnetization curves are simulated by micromagnetic finite element method. The remanence, coercivity and maximum energy product of the magnets decrease with deteriorating grain alignment. The characteristics of variation of magnetic properties with the degree of orientation are closely related to the average grain size of nanocrystalline magnets. The contribution of intergrain exchange coupling (IGEC) to remanence enhancement is associated to the degree of orientation, and decreases with improved grain alignment. With decreasing grain size, coercivity increases for anisotropic nanocrystalline magnets, which is completely different from that of isotropic nanocrystalline magnets.     

Effects of terbium sulfide addition on magnetic properties,microstructure and thermal stability of sintered Nd-Fe--B magnets

To increase coercivity and thermal stability of sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets for high-temperature applications, a novel terbium sulfide powder is added into(Pr_(0.25)Nd_(0.75))_(30.6)Cu_(0.15)Fe_(bal)B_1(wt.%) basic magnets. The effects of the addition of terbium sulfide on magnetic properties, microstructure, and thermal stability of sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets are investigated.The experimental results show that by adding 3 wt.% Tb_2S_3, the coercivity of the magnet is remarkably increased by about 54% without a considerable reduction in remanence and maximum energy product. By means of the electron probe microanalyzer(EPMA) technology, it is observed that Tb is mainly present in the outer region of 2:14:1 matrix grains and forms a well-developed Tb-shell phase, resulting in enhancement of HA, which accounts for the coercivity enhancement.Moreover, compared with Tb_2S_3-free magnets, the reversible temperature coefficients of remanence(α) and coercivity(β) and the irreversible flux loss of magnetic flow(hirr) values of Tb_2S_3-added magnets are improved, indicating that the thermal stability of the magnets is also effectively improved.     

纳米晶永磁Pr8Fe87B5反磁化机理研究

用熔体快淬法制备了Pr2Fe14B/α-Fe纳米复合永磁样品.测量了样品的起始磁化、反磁化过程、矫顽力和剩磁与外场的关系，以及样品的磁粘滞性.经分析认为材料的矫顽力主要由非均匀的钉扎机理决定，但由于交换硬化的软磁相的可逆转动使得这种反磁化机理不同于单相永磁材料的钉扎行为.磁粘滞性表明热激活主要源于硬磁相的不可逆磁化行为. 关键词： 纳米复合永磁 矫顽力 剩磁 磁粘滞     

高性能纳米复合永磁材料的模拟计算研究

构造了在软磁相基体中析出规则形状硬磁相的各向同性和各向异性纳米复合永磁材料Pr2Fe14Bα-Fe.利用微磁学的有限元法，模拟计算了样品的磁滞回线.通过对剩磁、矫顽力和最大磁能积与软磁相厚度的关系分析，发现在软磁相厚度为0—12nm的范围内，复合磁体的矫顽力随软磁相厚度的增加而单调下降，而最大磁能积则是在适当的矫顽力和剩磁下达到最高.预计纳米复合Pr2(Fe,Co)14Bα-(Fe,Co)的各向同性磁体的最大磁能积最高可达248kJ/m3，而各向异性磁体则高达784kJ/m3. 关键词： 纳米复合永磁 矫顽力 剩磁 磁能积     

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).     

利用Pr_(70)Cu_(30)晶界扩散改善烧结钕铁硼废料矫顽力的研究

钕铁硼磁体制备过程中出现的部分块体废料由于矫顽力较低,性能难以满足使用要求.本文主要通过晶界扩散技术来提高废料磁体的矫顽力.采用Pr_(70)Cu_(30)合金作为扩散介质,对烧结钕铁硼废料磁体进行了晶界扩散处理,研究了扩散温度、扩散时间和回火时间对扩散后的磁体性能的影响.结果显示,800℃下扩散3 h,磁体的矫顽力从原来的7.88 kOe(1 Oe=79.5775 A/m)提升至11.55 kOe,提升幅度为46.6%,同时剩磁没有明显降低.扩散后回火对矫顽力的提升有一定的作用.800℃下扩散4h后的磁体在500℃回火3h后,最高矫顽力可达11.97 kOe,比原磁体废料提高了51.9%,接近成品磁体的水平.显微组织分析证实了晶界扩散的作用.扩散处理后的磁体中,主相晶粒间形成了连续晶间相,起到有效的磁隔离作用,有利于矫顽力的提高.研究还发现,Pr_(70)Cu_(30)晶界扩散虽然可以使磁体腐蚀电位上升,但也会增加腐蚀电流密度,不利于磁体抗腐蚀性的改善.本文工作对于提高材料的成品率具有重要意义.     

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.     

晶粒易轴取向度对纳米晶永磁Pr2Fe14B磁性的影响

构造了立方和不规则形状晶粒的各向异性纳米晶单相Pr₂Fe₁₄B磁体 .利用微磁学的有限元法，模拟计算了样品的磁滞回线.计算结果表明，随着磁体晶粒易轴取向度的变差， 磁体的剩磁、矫顽力均随之下降.不同晶粒尺寸的纳米晶单相Pr₂Fe_{14B磁体，其磁 性能随取向度的变化快慢不同，原因在于磁体中的晶间交换作用 (IGEC) 的强弱不同.随着 晶粒取向度的提高，纳米晶单相磁体的矫顽力逐渐增加，这完全不同于烧结磁体. 关键词： 纳米晶磁体 矫顽力 剩磁}     

Enhanced nucleation fields due to dipolar interactions in nanocomposite magnets

One approach to construct powerful permanent magnets while using less rare-earth elements is to combine a hard magnetic material having a high coercive field with a soft magnetic material having a high saturation magnetization at the nanometer scale and create so-called nanocomposite magnets. If both materials are strongly coupled, exchange forces will form a stable magnet. We use finite element micromagnetics simulations to investigate the changing hysteresis properties for varying arrays of soft magnetic spherical inclusions in a hard magnetic body. We show that the anisotropy arising from dipolar interactions between soft magnetic particles in a hard magnetic matrix can enhance the nucleation field by more than 10% and strongly depends on the arrangement of the inclusions.     

Study of the magnetic interaction in nanocrystalline Pr-Fe-Co-Nb-B permanent magnets

The magnetic properties of an isotropic, epoxy resin bonded magnets made from Pr-Fe-Co-Nb-B powder were investigated. The magnetization reversal process and magnetic parameters were examined by measurements of the initial magnetization curve, major and minor hysteresis loops and sets of recoil curves. From the initial magnetization curve and the field dependencies of the reversible and irreversible magnetization components derived from the recoil loops it was found that the magnetization reversal process is the combination of the nucleation of reversed domains and pinning of domain walls at the grain boundaries and the reversible rotation of magnetization vector in single domain grains. The interactions between grains were studied by means of δM plots. The nonlinear behavior of δM curve approve that the short range intergrain exchange coupling interactions are dominant in a field up to the sample coercivity.The interaction domains and fine magnetic structure were revealed as the evidence of exchange coupling between soft α-Fe and hard magnetic Nd₂Fe₁₄B grains.     

稀土永磁薄膜材料

简要地介绍在纳米复合稀土永磁薄膜材料、各向异性稀土永磁薄膜材料方面的进展。在纳米复合稀土永磁薄膜材料中实现磁性交换耦合和剩磁增强效应，系统地研究了其结构与磁性的关系。制备成功高磁能积的各向异性稀土永磁薄膜材料，比较了Ti或Mo缓冲层对Nd-Fe-B薄膜的表面形貌、磁畴结构和磁性能的影响。发现薄膜的表面形貌强烈地依赖于缓冲层的厚度。由于它极大地影响薄膜的成分，溅射速率被证明是控制薄膜的显微结构、表面形貌和磁性能的一个重要因素。在微磁学模型的基础上，通过分析从5到300K的矫顽力温度依赖关系。研究了各向异性Pr-Fe-B薄膜的矫顽力机制。在晶粒表面，由于磁各向异性的降低和局域退磁场的提高导致的反转畴的形核被确定为控制各向异性Pr-Fe—B薄膜的磁化反转过程的首要机制。     

纳米晶复合永磁材料的交换耦合相互作用和磁性能

本文介绍了纳米磁性材料晶粒交换耦合相互作用的有关理论。采用不同模型讨论了晶粒交换耦合相互作用对纳米单相软磁材料、永磁材料及双相复合永磁材料磁性能的影响。简述了用δM(H)曲线和不可逆磁导率的变化研究晶粒交换耦合相互作用及反磁化过程的方法。讨论了合金成分配比、添加元素、制备及热处理工艺对磁体硬磁性能的影响。从理论和实验两方面分析、研究了纳米复合永磁材料的反磁化过程和矫顽力机制。     

纳米晶复合永磁材料的交换耦合相互作用和磁性能

本介绍了纳米磁性材料晶粒交换耦合相互作用的有关理论。采用不同模型讨论了晶粒交换耦合相互作用对纳米单相软磁材料、永磁材料及双相复合永磁材料磁性能的影响。简述了用δM（H）曲线和不可逆磁导率的变化研究晶粒交换耦合相互作用及反磁化过程的方法。讨论了合金分配比、添加元素、制备及热处理工艺对磁体硬磁性能的影响。从理论和实验两方面分析、研究了纳米复合永磁材料的反磁化过程和矫顽力机制。     

Clarifying the basic phase structure and magnetic behavior of directly quenched (Ce,La)2Fe14B alloys with various Ce/La ratios

To improve the performance/cost ratio of NdFeB based permanent magnets, Ce or/and La substitutions for Nd have been suggested. To better understand the effects of these substitutions, the fundamental behavior of (Ce,La)-Fe-B alloys has to be clearly understood. Here, we reported a systematic investigation on the phase structure, microstructure, and magnetic properties of melt-spun (Ce,La)₂Fe₁₄B alloys. The results confirm that partial substitution of Ce by La can effectively enhance the hard magnetism and thermal stability of (Ce_1-xLa_x)₂Fe₁₄B alloys, while over 80% La substitution leads to the decomposition of 2:14:1 phase. The lattice parameters a, c and the Curie temperature T_c of 2:14:1 phase increase linearly with the increasing La content. La substitution can effectively refine the grain, resulting in the enhancement of inter-grain exchange coupling. The (Ce_0.7La_0.3)₂Fe₁₄B alloy with a mean grain size of 25 nm exhibits high remanence, maximum energy product and intrinsic coercivity up to 0.69 T, 6.2 MGOe and 217 kA/m, respectively. The present work provides a good understanding on the melt-spun (Ce,La)-Fe-B system for further developing low cost rare earth permanent magnets.     

Improvement of the magnetic properties of low-neodymium magnets by minor addition of titanium

Rapidly solidified nanocomposite Nd₉Fe_77−xB₁₄Ti_x alloys, consisting of magnetic Nd₂Fe₁₄B phase and soft magnetic phases, were investigated. The effect of titanium addition on the structure and magnetic properties was studied. It was found that 2–4 at% Ti addition leads to substantial increase of the coercivity and maximum energy product, maintaining the remanence unchanged. The highest properties: J_r=0.81 T, _JH_c=907 kA/m, (BH)_max=99 kJ/m³, were achieved for the Nd₉Fe₇₃B₁₄Ti₄ alloy. This effect we attribute to the formation of fine and homogeneous grain structure and a change of the phase morphology in the Ti-containing alloys. The initial magnetization curve indicates a change of the coercivity mechanisms giving rise to pinning of domain walls, which is caused by reduction of the crystallite size.     

Nb含量对烧结NbFeB永磁体磁性能及显微结构的影响

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Study of high-coercivity sintered NdFeB magnets

Magnetic powders for sintered NdFeB magnets have been prepared by using an advanced processing method including strip casting, hydrogen decrepitation, jet milling and rubber isotropic press. The effects of Dy, Ga and Co addition on the microstructure and magnetic properties of sintered magnets have been investigated. By adopting a suitable component ratio and adjusting proper technological parameters, we have prepared high-coercivity sintered NdFeB magnets with hard magnetic properties of _jH_c=25.6 kOe, B_r=13.2 kG and (BH)_max=39.9 MGOe. The temperature coefficient of coercivity of the magnets (between 20 and 150 °C) is –0.53%/°C. The magnetic properties at high temperature satisfy the needs of permanent magnet motors.     

Anisotropic nanocomposite soft/hard multilayer magnets

Experimental and theoretical researches on nanostructured exchange coupled magnets have been carried out since about 1988. Here, we review the structure and magnetic properties of the anisotropic nanocomposite soft/hard multilayer magnets including some new results and phenomena from an experimental point of view. According to the different component of the oriented hard phase in the nanocomposite soft/hard multilayer magnets, three types of magnets will be discussed:1) anisotropic Nd_2Fe_(14)B based nanocomposite multilayer magnets, 2) anisotropic SmCo_5 based nanocomposite multilayer magnets, and 3) anisotropic rare-earth free based nanocomposite multilayer magnets. For each of them, the formation of the oriented hard phase, exchange coupling, coercivity mechanism, and magnetic properties of the corresponding anisotropic nanocomposite multilayer magnets are briefly reviewed, and then the prospect of realization of bulk magnets on new results of anisotropic nanocomposite multilayer magnets will be carried out.