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Title: Effect of ball milling and heat treatment process on MnBi powders magnetic properties

Abstract

The metallic compound MnBi has high intrinsic coercivity with large positive temperature coefficient. The coercivity of MnBi exceeds 12 kOe and 26 kOe at 300 K and 523 K, respectively. Hence MnBi is a good candidate for the hard phase in exchange coupled nanocomposite magnets. In order to maximize the loading of the soft phase, the size of the MnBi particle has to be close to 500 nm, the size of single magnetic domain. Low energy milling is the common method to reduce MnBi particle size. However, only 3-7 mu m size particle can be achieved without significant decomposition. Here, we report our effort on preparing submicron MnBi powders using traditional powder metallurgy methods. Mn55Bi45 magnetic powders were prepared using arc melting method, followed by a series of thermal-mechanical treatment to improve purity, and finished with low energy ball milling at cryogenic temperature to achieve submicron particle size. The Mn55Bi45 powders were decomposed during ball milling process and recovered during 24 h 290 degrees C annealing process. With increasing ball-milling time, the saturation magnetization of MnBi decreases, while the coercivity increases. Annealing after ball milling recovers some of the magnetization, indicating the decomposition occurred during the ball-milling process can bemore » reversed. The coercivity of Mn55Bi45 powders are also improved as a result of the heat treatment at 290 degrees C for 24 h. The world record magnetization 71.2 emu/g measured applying a field of 23 kOe has been achieved via low energy ball mill at room temperature« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1337279
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-119027
Journal ID: ISSN 0925-8388; CJ0100000
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 680; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0925-8388
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; rare earth

Citation Formats

Xie, Wei, Polikarpov, Evgueni, Choi, Jung-Pyung, Bowden, Mark E., Sun, Kewei, and Cui, Jun. Effect of ball milling and heat treatment process on MnBi powders magnetic properties. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.04.097.
Xie, Wei, Polikarpov, Evgueni, Choi, Jung-Pyung, Bowden, Mark E., Sun, Kewei, & Cui, Jun. Effect of ball milling and heat treatment process on MnBi powders magnetic properties. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.04.097
Xie, Wei, Polikarpov, Evgueni, Choi, Jung-Pyung, Bowden, Mark E., Sun, Kewei, and Cui, Jun. 2016. "Effect of ball milling and heat treatment process on MnBi powders magnetic properties". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.04.097.
@article{osti_1337279,
title = {Effect of ball milling and heat treatment process on MnBi powders magnetic properties},
author = {Xie, Wei and Polikarpov, Evgueni and Choi, Jung-Pyung and Bowden, Mark E. and Sun, Kewei and Cui, Jun},
abstractNote = {The metallic compound MnBi has high intrinsic coercivity with large positive temperature coefficient. The coercivity of MnBi exceeds 12 kOe and 26 kOe at 300 K and 523 K, respectively. Hence MnBi is a good candidate for the hard phase in exchange coupled nanocomposite magnets. In order to maximize the loading of the soft phase, the size of the MnBi particle has to be close to 500 nm, the size of single magnetic domain. Low energy milling is the common method to reduce MnBi particle size. However, only 3-7 mu m size particle can be achieved without significant decomposition. Here, we report our effort on preparing submicron MnBi powders using traditional powder metallurgy methods. Mn55Bi45 magnetic powders were prepared using arc melting method, followed by a series of thermal-mechanical treatment to improve purity, and finished with low energy ball milling at cryogenic temperature to achieve submicron particle size. The Mn55Bi45 powders were decomposed during ball milling process and recovered during 24 h 290 degrees C annealing process. With increasing ball-milling time, the saturation magnetization of MnBi decreases, while the coercivity increases. Annealing after ball milling recovers some of the magnetization, indicating the decomposition occurred during the ball-milling process can be reversed. The coercivity of Mn55Bi45 powders are also improved as a result of the heat treatment at 290 degrees C for 24 h. The world record magnetization 71.2 emu/g measured applying a field of 23 kOe has been achieved via low energy ball mill at room temperature},
doi = {10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.04.097},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1337279}, journal = {Journal of Alloys and Compounds},
issn = {0925-8388},
number = C,
volume = 680,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}