A sintered Nd-Y-Fe-B magnet was designed and manufactured by the multi-main-phase process.Unevenly distributed Y in the magnet decreases the adverse magnetic weakening effect of Y on the coercivity.Grain boundary diff...A sintered Nd-Y-Fe-B magnet was designed and manufactured by the multi-main-phase process.Unevenly distributed Y in the magnet decreases the adverse magnetic weakening effect of Y on the coercivity.Grain boundary diffusion process(GBDP)was conducted to further enhance the coercivity of the Nd-Y-Fe-B magnet.The coercivity increases significantly from 884 to 1741 kA/m after GBDP with Pr_(60)Tb_(10)Cu_(30)alloy.The mechanism of the coercivity enhancement is discussed based on the microstructure analysis.Micromagnetic simulation reveals that when the diffused Tb-rich shell thickness is lower than 12 nm the c-plane shell(perpendicular to the c-axis)is much more effective in enhancing the coercivity than the side plane shell(parallel to the c-axis).But when the Tb-rich shell thickness is above12 nm the side plane shell contributes more to the coercivity enhancement.The results in this work can help to design and manufacture Nd-Fe-B magnets with low cost and high magnetic properties.展开更多
Homogeneous substitution of Dy for Nd in the hard magnetic 2:14:1 phase can effectively enhance coercivity to ensure the high temperature operation,however,inevitably deteriorate remanence at expense.In this work,we p...Homogeneous substitution of Dy for Nd in the hard magnetic 2:14:1 phase can effectively enhance coercivity to ensure the high temperature operation,however,inevitably deteriorate remanence at expense.In this work,we performed a comparative investigation of the two magnets prepared by multimain-phase(co-sintering Nd_(2)Fe_(14)B and(Nd,Dy)_(2)Fe_(14)B powders)and single-main-phase(sintering(Nd,Dy)_(2)Fe_(14)B powders)approaches.The comparative investigation reveals that at the same Dy substitution level(2.16 wt%),such chemically inhomogeneous multi-main-phase magnet possesses better roomtemperature magnetic properties as well as thermal stability than those of the single-main-phase one with homogenous Dy distribution in the matrix grains.Room-temperature magnetic properties H_(Cj)=1664 kA/m,B_(r)=1.33 T and(BH)_(max)=350.4 kJ/m^(3)for the multi-main-phase magnet are all better than those for the single-main-phase magnet with H_(Cj)=1536 kA/m,B_(r)=1.29 T and(BH)_(max)=318.4 kj/m^(3).In addition,over the temperature range from 295 to 423 K,both the temperature coefficients of coercivity and remanence for the multi-main-phase magnet are also lower than that for the single-main-phase magnet.Such superior magnetic performance is attributed to the short-range magnetic interactions inside individual 2:14:1 phase grains and the long-range magnetostatic interactions between adjacent grains with inhomogeneous Dy distribution.Our work provides a feasible approach of enhancing coercivity and retaining energy product simultaneously in the Nd-Dy-Fe-B permanent magnets.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51901087)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M701504)。
文摘A sintered Nd-Y-Fe-B magnet was designed and manufactured by the multi-main-phase process.Unevenly distributed Y in the magnet decreases the adverse magnetic weakening effect of Y on the coercivity.Grain boundary diffusion process(GBDP)was conducted to further enhance the coercivity of the Nd-Y-Fe-B magnet.The coercivity increases significantly from 884 to 1741 kA/m after GBDP with Pr_(60)Tb_(10)Cu_(30)alloy.The mechanism of the coercivity enhancement is discussed based on the microstructure analysis.Micromagnetic simulation reveals that when the diffused Tb-rich shell thickness is lower than 12 nm the c-plane shell(perpendicular to the c-axis)is much more effective in enhancing the coercivity than the side plane shell(parallel to the c-axis).But when the Tb-rich shell thickness is above12 nm the side plane shell contributes more to the coercivity enhancement.The results in this work can help to design and manufacture Nd-Fe-B magnets with low cost and high magnetic properties.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51601177,51871174,51801047)the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China(LQ.19E010005)+1 种基金the Ten Thousand Talents Plan of Zhejiang Province(2018R52003)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial University of Zhejiang(GK199900299012-022)。
文摘Homogeneous substitution of Dy for Nd in the hard magnetic 2:14:1 phase can effectively enhance coercivity to ensure the high temperature operation,however,inevitably deteriorate remanence at expense.In this work,we performed a comparative investigation of the two magnets prepared by multimain-phase(co-sintering Nd_(2)Fe_(14)B and(Nd,Dy)_(2)Fe_(14)B powders)and single-main-phase(sintering(Nd,Dy)_(2)Fe_(14)B powders)approaches.The comparative investigation reveals that at the same Dy substitution level(2.16 wt%),such chemically inhomogeneous multi-main-phase magnet possesses better roomtemperature magnetic properties as well as thermal stability than those of the single-main-phase one with homogenous Dy distribution in the matrix grains.Room-temperature magnetic properties H_(Cj)=1664 kA/m,B_(r)=1.33 T and(BH)_(max)=350.4 kJ/m^(3)for the multi-main-phase magnet are all better than those for the single-main-phase magnet with H_(Cj)=1536 kA/m,B_(r)=1.29 T and(BH)_(max)=318.4 kj/m^(3).In addition,over the temperature range from 295 to 423 K,both the temperature coefficients of coercivity and remanence for the multi-main-phase magnet are also lower than that for the single-main-phase magnet.Such superior magnetic performance is attributed to the short-range magnetic interactions inside individual 2:14:1 phase grains and the long-range magnetostatic interactions between adjacent grains with inhomogeneous Dy distribution.Our work provides a feasible approach of enhancing coercivity and retaining energy product simultaneously in the Nd-Dy-Fe-B permanent magnets.
