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Effect of Preparation on Glass Formation and Magnetic Properties of Nd-Fe-Co-Al-B Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

G. Kumar ,
J. Eckert ,
L.Q. Xing ,
A. Güth ,
S. Roth ,
W. Löser  and
S. Ram
G. Kumar
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute of Metallic Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302, India
J. Eckert
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute of Metallic Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
L.Q. Xing
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute of Metallic Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
A. Güth
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute of Metallic Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
S. Roth
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute of Metallic Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
W. Löser
Affiliation:
IFW Dresden, Institute of Metallic Materials, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
S. Ram
Affiliation:
Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302, India
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Abstract

The effect of alternative preparation methods (copper mold casting, melt spinning, and mechanical attrition) on amorphization and properties of Nd57Fe20Co5Al10B8 and Nd40Fe40Co5Al8B7 alloys has been investigated. For all differently prepared samples an amorphous phase is formed upon solidification or solid sate reaction. However, the samples prepared by different processing routes exhibit different transformation behavior in thermal analysis. The cast Nd57Fe20Co5Al10B8 rod exhibits crystallization at 790 K followed by melting at 810 K. Neither appreciable endothermic reaction due to a glass transition nor a supercooled liquid region have been observed. Mechanically alloyed powders and ball-milled prealloys reveal two exothermic DSC peaks in the range of 650-850 K. The J-H hysteresis loops of samples synthesized by different routes show that the unique atomic order responsible for hard magnetic properties can only be accessed at moderate cooling rate of the melt as realized in copper mold casting. Rapidly quenched ribbons, mechanically alloyed powders and ball-milled ingots do not show hard magnetic properties at room temperature. These results indicate that amorphous samples with different local atomic order can be prepared by different processing routes.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 644: Symposium L – Supercooled Liquid, Bulk Glassy and Nanocrystalline State of Alloys , 2000 , L12.14
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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