New structural features and pinning-evolved coercivity mechanism: A potential route for developing high coercivities in anisotropic Sm-Fe-N material

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Title: New structural features and pinning-evolved coercivity mechanism: A potential route for developing high coercivities in anisotropic Sm-Fe-N material
Authors: Liming Ye, Fengqing Wang, Yang Liu, Haoran Zhou, Lei Liu, Yong Ding, Yingli Sun, Aru Yan
Source: Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Vol 30, Iss , Pp 451-460 (2024)
Publisher Information: Elsevier, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Subject Terms: Coercivity, Sm-Fe-N material, Anisotropy, Coercivity mechanism, Pinning, Mining engineering. Metallurgy, TN1-997
More Details: Sm-Fe-N material holds immense promise as new material for developing next generation permanent magnets. However, the achievement of high coercivity in this material remains a big challenge, and moreover new coercivity theories beyond the commonly considered nucleation-type mechanism needs exploration. This study describes both the yielding of anisotropic Sm-Fe-N powders with high coercivities and the discovery of new coercivity mechanism by a systematic study using a designed milling preparation method. As a result, a random-direction cleavage behavior with unexpected XRD peak shifts and formation of new micron-sized flower-like particles were found in the yielded Sm-Fe-N powders. The grain sizes of the powders are of nanoscale dimension and they refine gradually as the milling time increases. The measured coercivity is up to 15.0 kOe, which is a substantial increase of approximately 36.4% compared to the original commercial powders and among the highest reported values via the milling preparation method (commonly below 13 kOe). The yielded powders also demonstrate a new dual-type coercivity mechanism (combing both nucleation-type and pinning-type control effect), and the improved pining effect contributes to the high coercivities. This study opens the door of utilizing pinning effect for achieving high coercivities in anisotropic Sm-Fe-N material.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2238-7854
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785424005684; https://doaj.org/toc/2238-7854
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.03.040
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/b2141b47cb4d456fabac6ab7dbda577d
Accession Number: edsdoj.b2141b47cb4d456fabac6ab7dbda577d
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:22387854
DOI:10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.03.040
Published in:Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Language:English