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Title: Temperature compensation of NdFeB permanent magnets

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OSTI ID:541882
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  1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source

Permanent magnet blocks of NdFeB have a relatively high maximum energy product. Because of its relatively low Curie temperature, however, NdFeB has a large temperature coefficient for its residual induction. The temperature coefficients of the relative magnetic fields ({Delta}B/B)/{Delta}T in the air gap of NdFeB dipole magnets were reduced from {minus}1.1 {times} 10{sup {minus}3}/c to less than 2 {times} 10{sup {minus}5}/{degree}C under operating temperatures of {+-} 6 C. This was achieved passively by using 1.25-mm-thick strips of 30%-Ni-Fe alloy as flux shunts for the NdFeB blocks. The magnets with soft-steel poles and flux-return yokes were assembled and measured in a temperature-controlled environment.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
541882
Report Number(s):
ANL/ASD/CP-92213; CONF-970503-; ON: DE97053297; TRN: 98:008454
Resource Relation:
Conference: 17. IEEE particle accelerator conference, Vancouver (Canada), 12-16 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English