Nanocomposite Nd-rich Nd–Fe–B alloys: Approaching ideal Stoner–Wohlfarth type behavior

Autor:	Z. Altounian, Gareth Thomas, Kannan M. Krishnan, Er. Girt
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Materials science Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) Condensed matter physics Ferromagnetism Transmission electron microscopy Annealing (metallurgy) Metallurgy Coercivity Single domain Microstructure Anisotropy Grain size
Zdroj:	Applied Physics Letters. 76:1746-1748
ISSN:	1077-3118 0003-6951
DOI:	10.1063/1.126154
Popis:	Starting from rapidly quenched NdδFe13.1B(2.05⩽δ⩽147.6) alloys and by appropriate annealing, the microstructure was tailored from strongly interacting Nd2Fe14B grains to magnetically isolated single domain Nd2Fe14B grains embedded in a nonmagnetic Nd-rich matrix (α-Nd and γ-Nd). This change in microstructure was found to have a large effect on coercivity, i.e., coercivity, μ0Hc, increases with an increase of the Nd concentration from 1.25 T in Nd2.05Fe13.1B to 2.75 T in Nd147.6Fe13.1B at 290 K. Using transmission electron microscopy, the Nd2Fe14B grains in Nd147.6Fe13.1B were confirmed to be randomly oriented platelets with the c axis normal to the plate and an average size of 100×40×25 nm. For these randomly oriented, noninteracting, single domain Nd2Fe14B grains, the coercivity was calculated using a Stoner–Wohlfarth model which included the shape anisotropy of the grains. The observed coercivity of Nd2Fe14B in such nanocomposite Nd147.6Fe13.1B alloys is ∼83% of its theoretical value.
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