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Normal and abnormal grain growth in fine-grained Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets prepared from He jet milled powders

Bittner, F. ; Woodcock, T. G. ; Schultz, L. ; Schwöbel, C. ; Gutfleisch, O. ; Zickler, G. A. ; Fidler, J. ; Üstüner, K. ; Katter, M. (2017)
Normal and abnormal grain growth in fine-grained Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets prepared from He jet milled powders.
In: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 426
doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2016.https://doi.org/10.139
Artikel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Fine-grained, heavy rare earth free Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets were prepared from He jet milled powders with an average particle size of 1.5 µm by low temperature sintering at 920 °C or 980 °C. A coercivity of >1600 kA/m was achieved for an average grain size of 1.68 µm. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the distribution and composition of intergranular and grain boundary junction phases was similar to that in conventionally processed magnets. Microstructural analysis on different length scales revealed the occurrence of abnormal grain growth, which is unexpected for sintering temperatures below 1000 °C. A larger area fraction of abnormal grains was observed in the sample sintered at 920 °C compared to that sintered at 980 °C. Microtexture investigation showed a better crystallographic alignment of the abnormal grains compared to the fine-grained matrix, which is explained by a size dependent alignment of the powder particles during magnetic field alignment prior to sintering. Slightly larger particles in the initial powder show a better alignment and will act as nucleation sites for abnormal grain growth. Magneto-optical Kerr investigations confirmed the lower switching field of the abnormal grains compared to the fine-grained matrix. The demagnetisation curve of the sample sintered at 920 °C showed reduced rectangularity and this was attributed to a cooperative effect of the larger fraction of abnormal grains with low switching field and, as a minor effect, a reduced degree of crystallographic texture in this sample compared to the material sintered at 980 °C, which did not show the reduced rectangularity of the demagnetisation curve.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2017
Autor(en): Bittner, F. ; Woodcock, T. G. ; Schultz, L. ; Schwöbel, C. ; Gutfleisch, O. ; Zickler, G. A. ; Fidler, J. ; Üstüner, K. ; Katter, M.
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Normal and abnormal grain growth in fine-grained Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets prepared from He jet milled powders
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 15 März 2017
Verlag: Elsevier Science Publishing
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 426
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2016.https://doi.org/10.139
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Fine-grained, heavy rare earth free Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets were prepared from He jet milled powders with an average particle size of 1.5 µm by low temperature sintering at 920 °C or 980 °C. A coercivity of >1600 kA/m was achieved for an average grain size of 1.68 µm. Transmission electron microscopy showed that the distribution and composition of intergranular and grain boundary junction phases was similar to that in conventionally processed magnets. Microstructural analysis on different length scales revealed the occurrence of abnormal grain growth, which is unexpected for sintering temperatures below 1000 °C. A larger area fraction of abnormal grains was observed in the sample sintered at 920 °C compared to that sintered at 980 °C. Microtexture investigation showed a better crystallographic alignment of the abnormal grains compared to the fine-grained matrix, which is explained by a size dependent alignment of the powder particles during magnetic field alignment prior to sintering. Slightly larger particles in the initial powder show a better alignment and will act as nucleation sites for abnormal grain growth. Magneto-optical Kerr investigations confirmed the lower switching field of the abnormal grains compared to the fine-grained matrix. The demagnetisation curve of the sample sintered at 920 °C showed reduced rectangularity and this was attributed to a cooperative effect of the larger fraction of abnormal grains with low switching field and, as a minor effect, a reduced degree of crystallographic texture in this sample compared to the material sintered at 980 °C, which did not show the reduced rectangularity of the demagnetisation curve.

Freie Schlagworte: Nd-Fe-B, Permanent magnet, Abnormal grain growth, Coercivity, Electron backscatter diffraction
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Materialwissenschaft
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Materialwissenschaft > Fachgebiet Funktionale Materialien
Hinterlegungsdatum: 23 Jan 2017 08:33
Letzte Änderung: 01 Feb 2019 11:49
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Sponsoren: The work was partially financed by the FP7 EU project Replacement and Original Magnet Engineering Options (ROMEO) (Grant no. 309729).
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