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Title: Grain refinement in heavy rare earth element-free sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets by addition of a small amount of molybdenum

Abstract

We employed a modified refractory-metal-addition method to achieve higher coercivity and remanence in heavy rare earth element (HREE)-free Nd–Fe–B sintered magnets. This process involved inducing the formation of a homogeneous secondary phase at the grain boundaries during sintering, making it possible to control the intergrain diffusion by adding small amounts of Mo, a refractory metal. To control the microstructure of the secondary phase effectively, a metal organic compound of the refractory metal was coated on the surfaces of the particles of an HREE-free Nd–Fe–B powder. The average grain size after this process was 5.60 μm, which was approximately 1.8 μm smaller than that of the HREE-free sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets (7.4 μm). The coercivity of the magnets prepared through this process could be increased from 11.88 kOe to 13.91 kOe without decreasing their remanence.

Authors:
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  1. Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH), Cheonan-si 330-912 (Korea, Republic of)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22409963
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: 17; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; APPROXIMATIONS; BORON ALLOYS; COERCIVE FORCE; DIFFUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETS; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM ADDITIONS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; POWDERS; SINTERING; SURFACES

Citation Formats

Kim, Jin Woo, Lee, Won Suk, Byun, Jong Min, Kim, Young Do, E-mail: ydkim1@hanyang.ac.kr, and Kim, Se Hoon. Grain refinement in heavy rare earth element-free sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets by addition of a small amount of molybdenum. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4916496.
Kim, Jin Woo, Lee, Won Suk, Byun, Jong Min, Kim, Young Do, E-mail: ydkim1@hanyang.ac.kr, & Kim, Se Hoon. Grain refinement in heavy rare earth element-free sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets by addition of a small amount of molybdenum. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916496
Kim, Jin Woo, Lee, Won Suk, Byun, Jong Min, Kim, Young Do, E-mail: ydkim1@hanyang.ac.kr, and Kim, Se Hoon. 2015. "Grain refinement in heavy rare earth element-free sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets by addition of a small amount of molybdenum". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916496.
@article{osti_22409963,
title = {Grain refinement in heavy rare earth element-free sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets by addition of a small amount of molybdenum},
author = {Kim, Jin Woo and Lee, Won Suk and Byun, Jong Min and Kim, Young Do, E-mail: ydkim1@hanyang.ac.kr and Kim, Se Hoon},
abstractNote = {We employed a modified refractory-metal-addition method to achieve higher coercivity and remanence in heavy rare earth element (HREE)-free Nd–Fe–B sintered magnets. This process involved inducing the formation of a homogeneous secondary phase at the grain boundaries during sintering, making it possible to control the intergrain diffusion by adding small amounts of Mo, a refractory metal. To control the microstructure of the secondary phase effectively, a metal organic compound of the refractory metal was coated on the surfaces of the particles of an HREE-free Nd–Fe–B powder. The average grain size after this process was 5.60 μm, which was approximately 1.8 μm smaller than that of the HREE-free sintered Nd–Fe–B magnets (7.4 μm). The coercivity of the magnets prepared through this process could be increased from 11.88 kOe to 13.91 kOe without decreasing their remanence.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4916496},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22409963}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 17,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}