The pulse-thermal processing of NdFeB-based nanocomposite magnets

Z. Q. Jin, V. M. Chakka, Z. L. Wang, J. P. Liu, P. Kadolkar, Ronald D. Ott

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Abstract

Pulse-thermal processing (PTP) based on high-density plasma arc lamp technology has been utilized to crystallize melt-spun NdFeB-based amorphous ribbons to form magnetic nanocomposites consisting of Nd2Fe14B and α-Fe phases. After applying suitable pulses, the NdFeB-based ribbons were developed with hard magnetic properties. The highest coercivity can be obtained for ribbons with a thickness of 40 μm after PTP treatments consisting of a 400 A pulse for 0.25 s for ten times. The correlation between PTP parameters and magnetic properties indicates that PTP is an effective approach to control the structure and properties of nanostructured magnetic materials. Transmission-electron microscopy analysis revealed that the observed decoupling between the hard and the soft phases is related to large grain size in the samples, which is in turn related to different heating conditions in different regions of samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)46-49
Number of pages4
JournalJOM
Volume58
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2006

Funding

This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Defense/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency through the Army Research Office under grant DAAD19-03-1-0038 and by the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative program under grant N00014-05-1-0497. Portions of this research are sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, man- aged by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Defense/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-AC05-00OR22725
Army Research OfficeDAAD19-03-1-0038, N00014-05-1-0497
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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