Published May 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of Mn on the magnetic properties of Fe3B/Nd2Fe14B nanocomposites

  • 1. Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302 (India)
  • 2. Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad 500 058 (India)

Description

The magnetic properties of Nd4.5Fe77-xMnxB18.5 (x=0, 1 and 2) nanocomposites prepared by the crystallization of amorphous precursors were investigated. Addition of Mn is found to decrease the crystallization temperature of the amorphous ribbons. The intrinsic coercivity iHc and maximum energy product (BH)max increase from 2.6 kOe and 9.1 MGOe for x=0 to 3.1 kOe and 10.3 MGOe for x=1, respectively, and the remanence ratio Mr/Ms increases from 0.70 to 0.72. The effect of Mn on Curie temperature TC and the thermal stability of Mr and iHc were also studied. 57Fe Moessbauer spectra have been recorded for x=0, 1 and 2 ribbons at room temperature and site preference of the Mn atoms in Fe3B and Nd2Fe14B phases is discussed using the Moessbauer spectroscopy

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2008.01.029

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2008.01.029;
PII
S0304-8853(08)00036-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
320
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1645-1650
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

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