Published July 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Beneficial effect of Co substitution on the structure and magnetic properties of mechanically alloyed (Pr,Tb)-Fe-(C,B) magnets

  • 1. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research and International Centre for Material Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016 (China)

Description

The effect of Co substitution on the structure and magnetic properties of mechanically alloyed Pr14Tb2Fe76-xCoxC6B2 and Pr16Fe76-xCoxC6B2 (x=0-20) alloys has been studied systematically. The main phase in the alloys is Pr2Fe14C-type carbide, coexisting with a small amount of α-Fe and rare-earth-rich phases. In addition to the increasing of the Curie temperature of the Pr2Fe14C-type phase, Co substitution can affect the magnetic properties by adjusting the α-Fe fraction of the alloys. The increase of both coercivity and remanence has been realized in a certain composition range. This increase may be attributed mainly to the enhancement of the effective anisotropy constant Keff of the magnets due to the reduced α-Fe fraction with a small Co addition. The highest coercivity iHc of 20.3kOe and the optimum energy product (BH)max of 10.3MGOe have been obtained for the Pr14Tb2Fe69.5Co6.5C6B2 alloy

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2005.09.025;
PII
S0304-8853(05)00761-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
302
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 310-314
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

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