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公开(公告)号:US20210265111A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-26
申请号:US17245641
申请日:2021-04-30
Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Inventor: Jian-Ping WANG , YanFeng JIANG
Abstract: Techniques are disclosed concerning applied magnetic field synthesis and processing of iron nitride magnetic materials. Some methods concern casting a material including iron in the presence of an applied magnetic field to form a workpiece including at least one iron-based phase domain including uniaxial magnetic anisotropy, wherein the applied magnetic field has a strength of at least about 0.01 Tesla (T). Also disclosed are workpieces made by such methods, apparatus for making such workpieces and bulk materials made by such methods.
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公开(公告)号:US20210202142A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-01
申请号:US17058882
申请日:2019-05-28
Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Inventor: Jian-Ping WANG , Jinming LIU , Bin MA , Fan ZHANG , Guannan GUO , Yiming WU , Xiaowei ZHANG
Abstract: In general, the disclosure is directed to bulk iron-nitride materials having a polycrystalline microstructure having pores including a plurality of crystallographic grains surrounded by grain boundaries, where at least one crystallographic grain includes an iron-nitride phase including any of a body centered cubic (bcc) structure, a body centered tetragonal (bct), and a martensite structure. The disclosure further describes techniques producing a bulk iron-nitride material having a polycrystalline microstructure, including: melting an iron source to obtain a molten iron source; fast belt casting the molten iron source to obtain a cast iron source; cooling and shaping the cast iron source to obtain a bulk iron-containing material having a body-centered cubic (bcc) structure; annealing the bulk iron-containing material at an austenite transformation temperature and subsequently cooling the bulk iron-containing material; and nitriding the bulk iron-containing material to obtain the bulk iron-nitride material.
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公开(公告)号:US20200027654A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-23
申请号:US16423516
申请日:2019-05-28
Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Inventor: Jian-Ping WANG , Md MEHEDI , YanFeng JIANG , Bin MA , Delin ZHANG , Fan ZHANG , Jinming LIU
Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an iron-nitride material having a polycrystalline microstructure including a plurality of elongated crystallographic grains with grain boundaries, the iron-nitride material including at least one of an α″-Fe16N2 phase and a body-center-tetragonal (bct) phase comprising Fe and N. The disclosure is also directed a method producing an iron-nitride material. The method includes some combinations of preparing a raw material comprising iron, carrying out a microstructure build-up by annealing the prepared raw material at an elevated temperature and subsequently quenching the prepared raw material to produce a microstructure build-up material, annealing the microstructure build-up material, reducing the microstructure build-up material in a hydrogen environment, nitriding the reduced material to produce a nitrided material and subsequently quenching the nitrided material to a martensitic transformation temperature, stress annealing the nitrided material, and magnetic field annealing the stress-annealed material.
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公开(公告)号:US20180001385A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-04
申请号:US15546359
申请日:2016-01-22
Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Inventor: Jian-Ping WANG , YanFeng JIANG
CPC classification number: B22F9/04 , B22F1/0018 , B22F2001/0033 , B22F2009/045 , B22F2998/10 , B22F2999/00 , C22C33/02 , C23C8/26 , H01F1/065 , H01F1/083 , H01F1/086 , H01F41/0266 , B22F1/0088 , B22F2009/042 , B22F2201/02 , B22F2201/016 , B22F2201/11 , B22F2201/50 , B22F2202/03 , B22F2202/05 , B22F9/20
Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for milling an iron-containing raw material in the presence of a nitrogen source to generate anisotropically shaped particles that include iron nitride and have an aspect ratio of at least 1.4. Techniques for nitridizing an anisotropic particle including iron, and annealing an anisotropic particle including iron nitride to form at least one a″-Fe16N2 phase domain within the anisotropic particle including iron nitride also are disclosed. In addition, techniques for aligning and joining anisotropic particles to form a bulk material including iron nitride, such as a bulk permanent magnet including at least one a″-Fe16N2 phase domain, are described. Milling apparatuses utilizing elongated bars, an electric field, and a magnetic field also are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20240363269A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-31
申请号:US18665020
申请日:2024-05-15
Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Inventor: Jian-Ping WANG , Jinming LIU , Bin MA , Fan ZHANG , Guannan GUO , Yiming WU , Xiaowei ZHANG
CPC classification number: H01F1/047 , C01B21/0622 , C23C8/02 , C23C8/26 , H01F41/0253 , C01P2002/60 , C01P2002/72 , C01P2002/77 , C01P2004/02 , C01P2004/03 , C01P2004/04 , C01P2006/42
Abstract: In general, the disclosure is directed to bulk iron-nitride materials having a polycrystalline microstructure having pores including a plurality of crystallographic grains surrounded by grain boundaries, where at least one crystallographic grain includes an iron-nitride phase including any of a body centered cubic (bcc) structure, a body centered tetragonal (bct), and a martensite structure. The disclosure further describes techniques producing a bulk iron-nitride material having a polycrystalline microstructure, including: melting an iron source to obtain a molten iron source; fast belt casting the molten iron source to obtain a cast iron source; cooling and shaping the cast iron source to obtain a bulk iron-containing material having a body-centered cubic (bcc) structure; annealing the bulk iron-containing material at an austenite transformation temperature and subsequently cooling the bulk iron-containing material; and nitriding the bulk iron-containing material to obtain the bulk iron-nitride material.
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公开(公告)号:US20240112855A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-04
申请号:US18529331
申请日:2023-12-05
Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Inventor: Jian-Ping WANG , Md MEHEDI , YanFeng JIANG , Bin MA , Delin ZHANG , Fan ZHANG , Jinming LIU
CPC classification number: H01F41/0253 , C01B21/0622 , H01F1/10 , H01F1/03
Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an iron-nitride material having a polycrystalline microstructure including a plurality of elongated crystallographic grains with grain boundaries, the iron-nitride material including at least one of an α″-Fe16N2 phase and a body-center-tetragonal (bct) phase comprising Fe and N. The disclosure is also directed a method producing an iron-nitride material. The method includes some combinations of preparing a raw material comprising iron, carrying out a microstructure build-up by annealing the prepared raw material at an elevated temperature and subsequently quenching the prepared raw material to produce a microstructure build-up material, annealing the microstructure build-up material, reducing the microstructure build-up material in a hydrogen environment, nitriding the reduced material to produce a nitrided material and subsequently quenching the nitrided material to a martensitic transformation temperature, stress annealing the nitrided material, and magnetic field annealing the stress-annealed material.
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公开(公告)号:US20210180174A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-17
申请号:US17182857
申请日:2021-02-23
Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota , UT-BATTELLE, LLC
Inventor: Michael P. BRADY , Orlando RIOS , YanFeng JIANG , Gerard M. LUDTKA , Craig A. BRIDGES , Jian-Ping WANG , Xiaowei ZHANG , Lawrence F. ALLARD , Edgar LARA-CURZIO
Abstract: A method may include annealing a material including iron and nitrogen in the presence of an applied magnetic field to form at least one Fe16N2 phase domain. The applied magnetic field may have a strength of at least about 0.2 Tesla (T).
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公开(公告)号:US20200373044A1
公开(公告)日:2020-11-26
申请号:US16876675
申请日:2020-05-18
Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
Inventor: Jian-Ping WANG , Yanfeng JIANG
IPC: H01F1/10 , H01F1/08 , C22C38/00 , B22F7/08 , C23C8/26 , C23C8/80 , C23C14/48 , C22C29/16 , B22D11/00 , B22D11/06 , H01F1/055 , H01F1/147 , H01F1/34 , H01F41/02
Abstract: A bulk permanent magnetic material may include between about 5 volume percent and about 40 volume percent Fe16N2 phase domains, a plurality of nonmagnetic atoms or molecules forming domain wall pinning sites, and a balance soft magnetic material, wherein at least some of the soft magnetic material is magnetically coupled to the Fe16N2 phase domains via exchange spring coupling. In some examples, a bulk permanent magnetic material may be formed by implanting N+ ions in an iron workpiece using ion implantation to form an iron nitride workpiece, pre-annealing the iron nitride workpiece to attach the iron nitride workpiece to a substrate, and post-annealing the iron nitride workpiece to form Fe16N2 phase domains within the iron nitride workpiece.
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公开(公告)号:US20200038951A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-06
申请号:US16340031
申请日:2017-10-06
Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Inventor: Jian-Ping WANG , Bin MA , Jinming LIU , Yiming WU , YanFeng JIANG
Abstract: Example nanoparticles may include an iron-based core, and a shell. The shell may include a non-magnetic, anti-ferromagnetic, or ferrimagnetic material. Example alloy compositions may include an iron-based grain, and a grain boundary. The grain boundary may include a non-magnetic, anti-ferromagnetic, or ferrimagnetic material. Example techniques for forming iron-based core-shell nanoparticles may include depositing a shell on an iron-based core. The depositing may include immersing the iron-based core in a salt composition for a predetermined period of time. The depositing may include milling the iron-based core with a salt composition for a predetermined period of time. Example techniques for treating a composition comprising core-shell nanoparticles may include nitriding the composition.
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公开(公告)号:US20190316253A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-17
申请号:US16446487
申请日:2019-06-19
Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Inventor: Jian-Ping WANG , YanFeng JIANG
IPC: C23C16/34 , C23C16/448 , C23C16/50 , C23C16/56
Abstract: The disclosure describes hard magnetic materials including α″-Fe16N2 and techniques for forming hard magnetic materials including α″-Fe16N2 using chemical vapor deposition or liquid phase epitaxy.
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