TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanocrystallinity and magnetic property enhancement in melt-spun iron-rare earth-base hard magnetic alloys
AU - Davies, H. A.
AU - Manaf, Azwar
AU - Zhang, P. Z.
PY - 1993/8
Y1 - 1993/8
N2 - Refinement of the grain size below ~35 nm mean diameter in melt-spun FeNdB-base alloys leads to en-hancement of remanent polarization, J r, above the level predicted by the Stoner-Wohlfarth theory for an aggregate of independent, randomly oriented, and uniaxial magnetic particles. This article summarizes the results of the recent systematic research on this phenomenon, including the influence of alloy compo-sition and processing conditions on the crystallite size, degree of enhancement of J r, and maximum en-ergy product (BH) max. It has been shown that the effect can also occur in ternary FeNdB alloys, without the addition of silicon or aluminum, which was originally thought necessary, providing the nanocrystal-lites are not magnetically decoupled by a paramagnetic second phase. Values of (BH) max above 160 kJ m-3 have been achieved. The relationship between grain size, J r, intrinsic coercivity,JHc, and (BH) max are discussed in terms of magnetic exchange coupling, anisotropy, and other parameters. Recent exten-sion of this work to the enhancement of properties in Fe-Mischmetal-Boron-base alloys and to bonded magnets with a nanocrystalline structure is also described.
AB - Refinement of the grain size below ~35 nm mean diameter in melt-spun FeNdB-base alloys leads to en-hancement of remanent polarization, J r, above the level predicted by the Stoner-Wohlfarth theory for an aggregate of independent, randomly oriented, and uniaxial magnetic particles. This article summarizes the results of the recent systematic research on this phenomenon, including the influence of alloy compo-sition and processing conditions on the crystallite size, degree of enhancement of J r, and maximum en-ergy product (BH) max. It has been shown that the effect can also occur in ternary FeNdB alloys, without the addition of silicon or aluminum, which was originally thought necessary, providing the nanocrystal-lites are not magnetically decoupled by a paramagnetic second phase. Values of (BH) max above 160 kJ m-3 have been achieved. The relationship between grain size, J r, intrinsic coercivity,JHc, and (BH) max are discussed in terms of magnetic exchange coupling, anisotropy, and other parameters. Recent exten-sion of this work to the enhancement of properties in Fe-Mischmetal-Boron-base alloys and to bonded magnets with a nanocrystalline structure is also described.
KW - hard magnets
KW - iron-neodymium alloys
KW - magnetic materials
KW - nanocrystallinity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0027640108&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/BF02661744
DO - 10.1007/BF02661744
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027640108
SN - 1059-9495
VL - 2
SP - 579
EP - 587
JO - Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
JF - Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
IS - 4
ER -