Effect of the substitution of Pr for Nd on microstructure and magnetic properties of nanocomposite Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe magnets

Microstructure and magnetic properties of melt-spun nanocomposite magnets with nominal compositions of (Nd_1−xPr_x)₉Fe₈₆B₅ (x=0–1) were investigated. Substitution of Nd by Pr could significantly improve the hard magnetic properties of the nanocomposite magnets; the intrinsic coercivity (_iH_c) and the maximum magnetic energy product ((BH)_max) increase from 414 kA/m and 124 kJ/m³ for x=0 to 493 kA/m and 152 kJ/m³ for x=0.6, respectively. Further substituting Nd by Pr (x>0.6) strongly weakens exchange-coupling interaction between magnetically hard and soft phases.     

Effect of niobium on microstructure and magnetic properties of bulk anisotropic NdFeB/α-Fe nanocomposites

Bulk anisotropic NdFeB/α-Fe nano-composites were obtained directly from alloys of Nd₁₁Dy_0.5Fe_82.4−xNb_xB_6.1 (x=0,0.5,1.0,1.5). High resolution transmission electron microscopy images showed the existence of Nb-rich amorphous grain boundary phase in the alloys with Nb doped. Field emission scanning electron microscope morphologies and X-ray diffraction patterns revealed the grain size and grain alignment of hot pressed and hot deformed nanocomposites. It was found that Nb could refine the grain size and grain texture in hot worked ribbons. Vibrating sample magnetometer results showed that the magnetic properties of the anisotropic nanocomposites were improved with increased Nb doping. The remanence, coercivity and maximum energy product of the bulk anisotropic Nd₁₁Dy_0.5Fe_80.4Nb₂B_6.1 nanocomposites were 1.04 T, 563 kA/m and 146 kJ/m³, respectively.     

Effective Anisotropy in Magnetically Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe Nanocomposite

Considering different contact situations of grains, we effective anisotropies of magnetically soft α-Fe grains, investigate the effects of exchange-coupling interaction on hard Nd2Fe14B grains and NdaFe14B/α-Fe nanocomposite. An expression of effective anisotropy suitable for different degrees of exchange-coupling between grains is presented. The calculation results show that the exchange-coupling interaction increases the average anisotropy of soft grains and decreases that of hard grains. The effective anisotropy of Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposite decreases smoothly with decreasing grain size when the grain size is larger than 20 nm while it decreases dramaticaily with further decrease of the grain size. In order to maintain high coercivity in Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe nanoeomposite, the grain size should not be less than 20nm.     

纳米晶复合Pr2 Fe14 B/α-Fe永磁材料磁性的研究

采用熔体快淬的方法制备Pr2Fe14B/α-Fe纳米晶复合永磁材料.使用振动样品磁强计(VSM)测量样品的室温磁性能.实验合金成分为(PrxFe94.3-xB5.7)0.99Zr1(其中x=8.2,8.6,9.0,9.4,9.8,10.2,10.6,11.0,11.4(原子分数,%)).系统地研究了辊速及合金成分对快淬带磁性能的影响,当Pr原子分数由8.2%-11.4%变化时,矫顽力Hci升高,但剩余磁极化强度Jr却降低了,这是导致最大磁能积(BH)max下降的原因.当x=8.2(%)时,尽管样品的Hci较低,但高的Jr使(BH)max的值达到很高,在辊速为25m/s时得到最佳磁性能为:Jr=1.37T,Hci=501.19kA/m,(BH)max=227.93kJ/m3.同时发现垂直带面方向的Jr和(BH)max远高于平行带面方向.     

Magnetic properties enhancement of Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposites by Ta substitution

Nanostructured Nd_9.5Fe_84−xB_6.5Ta_x (x=0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2) ribbons composed of Nd₂Fe₁₄B and α-Fe phases with a high coercivity and maximum energy product are fabricated by direct melt spinning. The effects of Ta addition on the structures and magnetic properties of melt-spun Nd_9.5Fe_84−xB_6.5Ta_x (x=0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2) ribbons have been investigated. Compared with addition-free ribbons, small addition of Ta is found to reduce the grain sizes of the samples and improve their magnetic properties due to a strong exchange coupling between the Nd₂Fe₁₄B hard phase and α-Fe soft phase. A coercive field of 750 kA/m and a maximum energy product of 158 kJ/m³ in melt-spun Nd_9.5Fe_82.5B_6.5Ta_1.5 ribbons are obtained at room temperature.     

Hard magnetic properties in Pr2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposite magnets with a combined addition of V and C

Nanostructured Pr₈Fe_86−xV_xB_6−yC_y (x=0, 1; y=0, 1) ribbons composed of Pr₂Fe₁₄B and α-Fe phases with a high coercivity are fabricated by direct melt spinning. The effects of a single addition of V and a combined addition of V and C on the structures and magnetic properties of melt-spun Pr₈Fe₈₆VB_6−xC_x (x=0 and 1) ribbons have been investigated. Compared with addition-free ribbons, 1 at% V addition is found to reduce the grain sizes of the samples and improve their magnetic properties due to a strong exchange coupling between the hard and the soft phase. A remanence ratio of 0.82, a coercive field of 6.2 kOe and a maximum energy product of 23.4 MGOe in melt-spun Pr₈Fe₈₅VB₆ ribbons are obtained at room temperature. The combined addition of V and C is found to lead to the formation of an intermediate phase of VC at grain boundaries, which appears as a pinning barrier during magnetization and results in an increase of the coercivity value to 6.9 kOe for melt-spun Pr₈Fe₈₅VB₅C ribbons.     

Three-and two-dimensional calculations for the interface anisotropy dependence of magnetic properties of exchange-spring Nd2Fe(14)B/α-Fe multilayers with out-of-plane easy axes

Hysteresis loops,energy products and magnetic moment distributions of perpendicularly oriented Nd2Fe(14)B/α-Fe exchange-spring multilayers are studied systematically based on both three-dimensional(3D)and one-dimensional(1D)micromagnetic methods,focused on the influence of the interface anisotropy.The calculated results are carefully compared with each other.The interface anisotropy effect is very palpable on the nucleation,pinning and coercive fields when the soft layer is very thin.However,as the soft layer thickness increases,the pinning and coercive fields are almost unchanged with the increment of interface anisotropy though the nucleation field still monotonically rises.Negative interface anisotropy decreases the maximum energy products and increases slightly the angles between the magnetization and applied field.The magnetic moment distributions in the thickness direction at various applied fields demonstrate a progress of three-step magnetic reversal,i.e.,nucleation,evolution and irreversible motion of the domain wall.The above results calculated by two models are in good agreement with each other.Moreover,the in-plane magnetic moment orientations based on two models are different.The 3D calculation shows a progress of generation and disappearance of vortex state,however,the magnetization orientations within the film plane calculated by the 1D model are coherent.Simulation results suggest that negative interface anisotropy is necessarily avoided experimentally.     

Effects of underlayer materials and substrate temperatures on the structural and magnetic properties of Nd2Fe14B films

Thin films of Nd_2Fe_{14}B were fabricated on heated glass substrates by dc magnetron sputtering. Different material underlayers (Ta, Mo, or W) were used to examine the underlayer influence on the structural and magnetic properties of the NdFeB films. Deposited on a Ta buffer layer at 420℃, the 300 nm thick NdFeB films were shown to be isotropic. But when the substrate temperature T_s was elevated to 520℃, the Nd_2Fe_{14}B crystallites of (00l) plane were epitaxially grown on Ta (110) underlayer. In contrast, Mo (110) buffer layer could not induce any preferential orientation in NdFeB film irrespective of the substrate temperature or film thickness. The W buffer layer was found to be most effective for the nucleation of Nd_2Fe_{14}B crystallites with c-axis alignment perpendicular to the film plane when T_s<490℃. But at T_s=490℃ the magnetic layer became isotropic. The maximum coercivity obtained was about 995 kA/m for the 100nm film deposited on W underlayer at 490℃. These variations were tentatively explained in terms of the lattice misfit between the underlayer and the magnetic layer, combined with the considerations of underlayer morphologies.     

Microstructure and magnetic properties of a two-phase alloy of α-Fe and metastable Fe3B

Applying the hypercooling technique, the metastable-phase Fe₃B, instead of the stable-phase Fe₂B, is formed directly in the bulk Fe-B eutectic alloy melt and can be further preserved at room temperature. Measurement of magnetic properties shows that, for the bulk Fe-B eutectic alloy with Fe₃B phase, the intrinsic coercivity and retentivity become smaller, and the saturation magnetization is larger, than the stable eutectic alloy (α-Fe/Fe₂B) and some Fe-B amorphous alloys.     

晶粒边界对Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe纳米复合材料性能的影响

用快淬急冷技术制备了Nd10Fe84-xB6Inx(x=0和1)系列薄带磁体.利用添加和挥发微量In元素的方法从宏观表现上研究了晶粒边界对晶粒之间交换耦合和磁硬化等性能的影响.发现晶粒边界性质以不同方式影响着磁体矫顽力和剩磁比.某些晶界特性,像缺陷、应力等主要影响磁硬化机制;而另外一些性能,如晶界类型、边界处的自旋取向及结晶学相关性等则控制着交换耦合的强度.     

取向Pr2Fe14B与Nd2Fe14B多晶磁化曲线的计算

基于单离子晶场模型 ,提出了计算稀土 Fe(Co)金属间化合物取向多晶样品磁化曲线的方法 .用此方法计算了取向Pr2 Fe14 B和Nd2 Fe14 B多晶的高场磁化曲线 ,计算中使用了拟合化合物单晶磁化曲线得到的交换场与晶场参数 .计算曲线与实验曲线相符合 .     

Investigation on magnetic properties of orientated nanocomposite Pr2Fe14B/α-Fe permanent magnets by micromagnetic finite-element method

Demagnetization curves for nanocomposite Pr₂Fe₁₄B/α-Fe permanent magnets with different hard grain alignment are calculated by a micromagnetic finite-element method. The results show that both remanence and coercivity increase with improving hard grains alignment. The demagnetization curves show a single-phase demagnetization behavior for the samples with grain size d of 10 nm and two-phase behavior for the samples with d of 20 and 30 nm. H_ex (reflecting the magnetic hardening of α-Fe) and H_irr (expressing the irreversible reversal of hard phase) are both enhanced with improving the hard grain alignment. The magnetic reversal in orientated nanocomposite permanent magnets is mainly controlled by inhomogeneous pinning of the nucleated type.     

垂直取向Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe磁性三层膜的磁化反转

运用微磁学方法结合物质参数探究了垂直取向Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe磁性三层膜的磁化反转过程,计算出成核场、钉扎场以及磁滞回线随Ls(软磁相厚度)的变化,并与相关的实验和理论数据进行比较.由于考虑了退磁能量项,垂直取向的成核场比平行取向时低,在外磁场还没有反向时就发生了成核.随着软磁相厚度的增加,理论矫顽力从等于成核场(同时也等于钉扎场),到等于钉扎场,再到小于钉扎场,矫顽力机理由成核变为钉扎.     

Synthesis and magnetic properties of CdS/α-Fe_2O_3 hierarchical nanostructures

CdS/α-Fe2O3 hierarchical nanostructures, where the CdS nanorods grow irregularly on the side surface of α-Fe2O3 nanorods, were synthesized via a three-step process. The diameters and lengths of CdS nanorods can be tuned by changing the ethylenediamine (EDA) and Cd ion concentrations. The magnetic investigations by superconducting quantum interference device indicate that the hierarchical nanostructures have an Morin transition at lower temperature (230 K) than that of the single bulk α-Fe2O3 materials (263 ...     

Effect of Co 2 + content on the magnetic properties of Co x Fe 3 − x O 4 /SiO 2 nanocomposites

Non-stoichiometric Co_xFe_3???xO₄/SiO₂ (x = 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1) nanocomposites have been prepared by sol-gel method. The structure, morphology and magnetic properties of the obtained samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, vibrating sample magnetometer and Mössbauer spectroscopy at room temperature. As the Co^2?+? content increases, the average particle size of the spherical Co_xFe_3???xO₄ in the samples decreases and the lattice constants increases. The hyperfine fields for both A- and B-site decrease, while the fraction of Co^2?+? occupying the A-site increases. Magnetization measurements show the saturation magnetization and coercivity of Co_xFe_3???xO₄/SiO₂ decrease with increasing Co^2?+? content. The decrease in magnetization results from the weakened A-B interactions between Fe^3?+?, and the change in coercivity can be related to the variation of Co^2?+? at B-site and the decreasing particle size.     

Preparation and magnetic properties of Fe–Ag granular alloy

An aqueous solution of AgNO₃ in the presence of ammonia and Fe(CO)₅ is sonicated under a H₂/Ar mixture, yielding a nanostructured homogeneous phase of Ag/Fe₂O₃. This composite material is further reduced at 300°C under hydrogen to produce the nanophased Fe/Ag solid mixture. The as-prepared material, as well as the reduced mixture, is analyzed by various conventional methods. Magnetization loops, ESR, Mössbauer, and magnetoresistance measurements are also conducted to determine the magnetic properties of the products.     

Structural and magnetic properties of Fe–Ni mecanosynthesized alloys

Fe_100???x Ni _x samples with x?=?22.5, 30.0 and 40.0 at.% Ni were prepared by mechanical alloying (MA) with milling times of 10, 24, 48 and 72 h, a ball mass to powder mass (BM/PM) ratio of 20:1 and rotation velocity of 280 rev/min. Then the samples were sintered at 1,000°C and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission Mössbauer spectrometry (TMS). From the refinement of the X ray patterns we found in this composition range two crystalline phases, one body centered cubic (BCC), one face centered cubic (FCC) and some samples show FeO and Fe₃O₄ phases. The obtained grain size of the samples shows their nanostructured character. Mössbauer spectra were fitted using a model with two hyperfine magnetic field distributions (HMFDs), and a narrow singlet. One hyperfine field distribution corresponds to the ferromagnetic BCC grains, the other to the ferromagnetic FCC grains (Taenite), and the narrow singlet to the paramagnetic FCC grains (antitaenite). Some samples shows a paramagnetic doublet which corresponds to FeO and two sextets corresponding to the ferrimagnetic Fe₃O₄ phase. In this fit model we used a texture correction in order to take into account the interaction between the particles with flake shape and the Mössbauer $\upgamma$ -rays.