ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Glass transition followed by a supercooled liquid region was observed in the composition range of 4–56 at. %Co, 2–4.5 %Nd, 0–1.25 %Dy, and 18–30 %B in melt-spun Fe–Co–Nd–Dy–B amorphous alloys. The largest value in the supercooled liquid region (ΔTx) was 45 K for Fe66.5Co9.5Nd3.5Dy0.5B20. The crystallized structure consists of 2:14:1, Fe3B, and α-(Fe, Co) phases and their grain sizes after annealing for 420 s at 933 K are 15, 15, and 50 nm, respectively. The interparticle spacing of the 2:14:1 phase is less than 50 nm. The remanence (Br), coercivity (iHc), and maximum energy product (BH)max after an optimum annealing treatment (933 K, 420 s) are 1.24 T, 263 kA/m, and 92 kJ/m3, respectively, for the Fe66.5Co9.5Nd3.5Dy0.5B20 alloy. The rather good hard magnetic properties are interpreted to result from the exchange magnetic coupling among 2:14:1, Fe3B, and α-(Fe, Co) phases. The good hard magnetic properties in the crystallized state of the Fe–Co–Nd–Dy–B amorphous alloys with large ΔTx over 40 K are expected to enable the future fabrication of a bulk hard magnetic material by the simple process of the formation of a bulk amorphous alloy followed by optimum crystallization. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.372629
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