Effect of element substitution on nanostructure and hard magnetism of rapidly quenched Nd₂Fe₁₄B

W. Y. ZhangNebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA;Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USACorrespondence[email protected]

P. KharelNebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA;Department of Physics, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA

I. A. Al-OmariNebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA;Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA;Department of Physics, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

J. E. ShieldNebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA;Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA

D.J. SellmyerNebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA;Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA

Abstract

The structural and magnetic properties of Nd₁₂Fe₈₂B₆ and Nd₁₀M₂Fe₈₂B₆ (M = Nb, Ti, Zr, Cr) alloys prepared using arc melting and melt spinning have been investigated. All the samples are found to crystallise with a tetragonal Nd₂Fe₁₄B phase without any alloy or elemental impurities. There is a small decrease in the unit cell volume of Nd₂Fe₁₄B due to transition metal (M) addition. The substitution of Nb and Ti refines and homogenises the nanostructure of the alloys, promoting intergrain exchange coupling leading to an increase in the remanence and energy product. For example, the remanence and energy product of Nd₁₂Fe₈₂B₆ and Nd₁₀Nb₂Fe₈₂B₆ are 8.4 kG and 15 MGOe, and 9.9 kG and 20 MGOe, respectively. The J(T) curves are similar to those of a single phase ferromagnetic material suggesting no segregation of ferromagnetic impurities. The observed structural and magnetic properties are consistent with the fact that the substitutional transition metal atoms occupy the Nd site of the tetragonal Nd₂Fe₁₄B crystal lattice. The improvement of magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Nd₂Fe₁₄B alloys with the decrease in Nd concentration may be beneficial for the application of this material in bonded magnets.

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