HIGH COERCIVITY IN NANOSTRUCTURED PRCO5-BASED POWDERS PRODUCED BY MECHANICAL MILLING AND SUBSEQUENT ANNEALING
HIGH COERCIVITY IN NANOSTRUCTURED PRCO5-BASED POWDERS PRODUCED BY MECHANICAL MILLING AND SUBSEQUENT ANNEALING
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DOI:
10.1063/1.125265
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发表时间:
1999-11
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
Zhong-wei Chen;X. Meng-Burany;G. Hadjipanayis
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作者:
Zhong-wei Chen;X. Meng-Burany;G. Hadjipanayis
Nanostructured PrCo5-based PrxCo100−x (x=15.4–20.5) powders have been synthesized by mechanical milling and subsequent annealing cast alloys. The best overall properties have been developed in stoichiometric PrCo5 powders milled for 4 h and annealed at 800 °C for 1 min with a high coercivity of 16.3 kOe along with a high Mr/Ms ratio of 0.66 and medium-strength maximum-energy product of 11.6 MGOe. The highest coercivity of 23.7 kOe has been obtained in Pr19Co81 powders. Microstructural studies reveal that a uniform PrCo5 microstructure with an average grain size of about 15 nm is developed in the powders, which have an average particle size of about 5 μm. The observed magnetic hardening is believed to arise from the high anisotropy field of the PrCo5 phase and the uniform nanoscale microstructure developed by the processing used.