Stress, strain and technical magnetic properties in `exchange-spring' Nd2Fe14B + α-Fe nanocomposite magnets
Stress, strain and technical magnetic properties in `exchange-spring' Nd2Fe14B + α-Fe nanocomposite magnets
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10.1088/0022-3727/34/5/313
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2001-03
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L. H. Lewis;A. Moodenbaugh;D. Welch;V. Panchanathan
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L. H. Lewis;A. Moodenbaugh;D. Welch;V. Panchanathan
A modified Williamson-Hall analysis was applied to synchrotron transmission x-ray diffraction data obtained for a series of three melt-spun magnetic nanocomposite `exchange-spring' materials comprised of Nd2Fe14B and varying amounts of α-Fe ranging from 0-32 vol%. Analysis of the data demonstrates that there is no measureable contribution from microstrains or other lattice distortions in the Nd2Fe14B phase. This result indicates that the Nd2Fe14B Bragg peak broadening arises from particle size only (on the order of 440 A) and that the shape of the melt-quenched Nd2Fe14B grains is approximately spherical. In contrast, the α-Fe phase exhibits Bragg peak broadening that may be attributed to a combination of both anisotropic strain and particle-size broadening effects. The average particle size of the α-Fe phase is 360 A, significantly larger than that determined from the Scherrer formula, and the average stress, deduced to be tensile, of the α-Fe particles is approximately 1 GPa, which translates to an rms strain = e21/2 of approximately 0.1%. These results provide a physical basis to explain both the marginal exchange-derived remanence enhancement and the anomalous elevated-temperature coercivities found in these alloys.