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The Role of Cluster Formation on the Magnetic Properties of Nd-Fe-Al-based Magnetic Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

I. Betancourt  and
R. Valenzuela
I. Betancourt
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, UNAM. P.O. Box 70–360, Mexico DF 04510, Mexico
R. Valenzuela
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, UNAM. P.O. Box 70–360, Mexico DF 04510, Mexico
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Abstract

We present a detailed investigation of the role of the disorder degree on magnetic properties for melt spun and die cast intermetallic Nd-Fe-Al-based alloys. For melt spun alloys, the roll speed was varied between 30 m/s and 5 m/s, which resulted in a clear dependence of coercivity on increasing roll speed, showing a steep decrease (from 250 kA/m to 10 kA/m). The results are interpreted in terms of a gradual transition from fully disordered microstructure (30 m/s sample) to short range ordered one (i.e., a clustered microstructure at 5 m/s), which is a consequence of a diminished cooling rate. On the other hand, die-cast alloy affords cluster formation due to this very low cooling rate compared with the melt spinning process and in consequence, coercivity values of 284 kA/m were observed. Further alloying addition (B, Cu, Dy) on the original Nd-Fe-Al composition, exhibited coercivity enhancement (up to 388 kA/m) due to the presence of small Nd-based crystallites, which act as pinning centers.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 753: Symposium BB – Defect Properties and Related Phenomena in Intermetallic Alloys , 2002 , BB5.49
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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