Abstract:
The present invention provides a powder for a magnetic member being excellent in moldability and difficult to oxidize, a powder compact produced from the powder, and a magnetic member suitable for a raw material of a magnetic member such as a rare earth magnet. A powder for a magnetic member includes magnetic particles 1 which constitute the powder for a magnetic member and each of which is composed of less than 40% by volume of a hydrogen compound 3 of a rare earth element, and the balance composed of an iron-containing material 2 which contains iron and an iron-boron alloy containing iron and boron. The hydrogen compound 3 of a rare earth element is dispersed in a phase of the iron-containing material 2. An antioxidant layer 4 having a low-oxygen permeability coefficient is provided on the surface of each of the magnetic particles 1. Since the phase of the iron-containing material 2 is uniformly present in each of the magnetic particles 1, the powder has excellent moldability and the density of a powder compact can be easily increased. By providing the antioxidant layer 4, oxidation of a newly formed surface formed on each of the magnetic particle 1 during molding is little oxidized, and a decrease in a magnetic phase ratio due to the presence of an oxide can be suppressed.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a powder for a magnet which can form a rare earth magnet having excellent magnetic characteristics and which has excellent moldability, a method for producing the powder for a magnet, a powder compact, and a rare earth-iron-boron-based alloy material. Magnetic particles constituting a powder for a magnet each include a structure in which a particle of a phase 3 of a hydrogen compound of a rare earth element is dispersed in a phase 2 of an iron-containing material. Since the phase 2 of the iron-containing material is uniformly present in each of the magnetic particles 1, the powder has excellent moldability and easily increases the density of a powder compact 4. The powder for a magnet can be produced by heat-treating a powder of a rare earth-iron-boron-based alloy (R-Fe-B-based alloy) in a hydrogen atmosphere at a temperature equal to or higher than the disproportionation temperature of the R-Fe-B-based alloy to separate the powder into the rare earth element and the iron-containing material and to produce the hydrogen compound of the rare earth element. The powder compact 4 is produced by compacting the powder for a magnet. The powder compact 4 is heat-treated in a vacuum to produce a R-Fe-B-based alloy material 5, and the R-Fe-B-based alloy 5 is magnetized to produce a R-Fe-B-based alloy magnet 6.
Abstract:
A compact is provided. When the compact is used for a magnetic core, a magnetic path cross section has a cross-sectional perimeter of more than 20 mm, and at least part of a surface of the compact is covered with an iron-based oxide film having an average thickness of 0.5 µm or more and 10.0 µm or less. Letting the proportion of the surface area of the compact to the volume of the compact be surface area/volume, the content of Fe 3 O 4 present in the iron-based oxide film with respect to 100% by volume of the compact satisfies any one of (1) to (3): (1) less than 0.085% by volume when the (surface area/volume) is 0.40 mm -1 or less, (2) 0.12% or less by volume when the (surface area/volume) is more than 0.40 mm -1 and 0.60 mm -1 or less, and (3) 0.15% or less by volume when the (surface area/volume) is more than 0.60 mm -1 .
Abstract:
The present invention provides a rare earth-iron-nitrogen-based alloy material which can produce a rare earth magnet having excellent magnetic characteristics and a method for producing the same, a rare earth-iron-based alloy material suitable as a raw material of the rare earth magnet and a method for producing the alloy material. A rare earth-iron-based alloy material is heat-treated in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere to produce a multi-phase powder 1 in which a phase 3 of a hydrogen compound of a rare earth element is dispersedly present in a phase 2 of an iron-containing material. A powder compact 4 produced by compression-molding the multi-phase powder 1 is heat-treated in a vacuum with a magnetic field of 3 T or more applied, thereby forming a rare earth-iron-based alloy material 5. The rare earth-iron-based alloy material 5 is heat-treated in a nitrogen atmosphere with a magnetic field of 3.5 T or more applied, thereby forming a rare earth-iron-nitrogen-based alloy material 6. The rare earth-iron-based alloy material 5 has a structure in which a crystal of a rare earth-iron-based alloy is oriented in the c-axis direction. The rare earth-iron-nitrogen-based alloy material 6 composed of an ideal nitride can be formed by nitriding the rare earth-iron-based alloy material 5 having this oriented structure with the magnetic field applied, and a rare earth magnet 7 having excellent magnetic characteristics can be formed.
Abstract:
A soft magnetic material includes a plurality of magnetic particles, a binder (20), and a lubricant (30). The binder (20) binds the plurality of magnetic particles. The lubricant (30) is contained in the aggregate of the bound magnetic particles, and has a melting point less than or equal to 100°C. The method of producing a soft magnetic material includes the steps of forming an additive by mixing a binder (20) and a lubricant (30) including fatty acid monoamide, and binding the plurality of magnetic particles by the additive.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a powder for a magnetic member being excellent in moldability and difficult to oxidize, a powder compact produced from the powder, and a magnetic member suitable for a raw material of a magnetic member such as a rare earth magnet. A powder for a magnetic member includes magnetic particles 1 which constitute the powder for a magnetic member and each of which is composed of less than 40% by volume of a hydrogen compound 3 of a rare earth element, and the balance composed of an iron-containing material 2 which contains iron and an iron-boron alloy containing iron and boron. The hydrogen compound 3 of a rare earth element is dispersed in a phase of the iron-containing material 2. An antioxidant layer 4 having a low-oxygen permeability coefficient is provided on the surface of each of the magnetic particles 1. Since the phase of the iron-containing material 2 is uniformly present in each of the magnetic particles 1, the powder has excellent moldability and the density of a powder compact can be easily increased. By providing the antioxidant layer 4, oxidation of a newly formed surface formed on each of the magnetic particle 1 during molding is little oxidized, and a decrease in a magnetic phase ratio due to the presence of an oxide can be suppressed.
Abstract:
A dust core includes: a plurality of soft magnetic particles composed of an iron-based material; an insulating layer including a coating layer that is composed mainly of a phosphate and covers the surface of the soft magnetic particles; and insulating pieces containing a constituent material of the insulating layer, each of the insulating pieces being surrounded by at least three mutually adjacent ones of the soft magnetic particles while separated from the insulating layer.
Abstract:
A process for producing metallurgical powder includes a step of coating surfaces of a plurality of first particles 10 with a first binder 30 and a step of coating a surface of the first binder 30 with a plurality of second particles having a diameter smaller than a particle diameter of the first particles 10. In the step of coating with the second particles 20, a plurality of second particles 20 having a diameter one fifth or less of the particle diameter of the first particles are used.