The distribution alloying elements in alnico 8 and 9 magnets: Site preference of ternary Ti, Fe, Co, and Ni additions in DO3 Fe3Al, Co3Al, and Ni3Al based intermetallic phases

Samolyuk, G. D.; Újfalussy, B.; Stocks, G. M.

doi:10.1063/1.4901229

Title: The distribution alloying elements in alnico 8 and 9 magnets: Site preference of ternary Ti, Fe, Co, and Ni additions in DO₃ Fe₃Al, Co₃Al, and Ni₃Al based intermetallic phases

Journal Article · Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4901229· OSTI ID:1286754

Samolyuk, G. D. ^[1]; Újfalussy, B. ^[2]; Stocks, G. M. ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division
Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest (Hungary). Wigner Research Centre for Physics

Recently, interest in alnico magnetic alloys has been rekindled due to their potential to substitute for rare-earth based permanent magnets provided modest improvements in their coercivity can be achieved without loss of saturation magnetization. Recent experimental studies have indicated that atomic and magnetic structure of the two phases (one AlNi-based, the other FeCo-based) that comprise these spinodally decomposed alloy is not as simple as previously thought. A key issue that arises is the distribution of Fe, Co and Ti within the AlNi-based matrix phase. In our paper we report the results of first-principles calculations of the site preference of ternary alloying additions in DO₃ Fe₃Al, Co₃Al and Ni₃Al alloys, as models for the aluminide phase. For compound compositions that are Al rich, which corresponds to experimental situation, Ti and Fe are found to occupy the sites, while Co and Ni prefer the sites of the DO₃ lattice. Finally, an important finding is that the magnetic moments of transition metals in Fe₃Al and Co₃Al are ordered ferromagnetically, whereas the Ni3Al were found to be nonmagnetic unless the Fe or Co are added as a ternary element.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Work for Others (WFO); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1286754

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, Issue 17; ISSN 0021-8979

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Language:: English

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