Abstract:
The disclosure describes a method of producing iron nitride magnets using Zn-doped iron oxide precursors. The iron oxide precursors are reduced and nitrided to produce a powder containing iron nitride in the Fe16N2 phase. The inclusion of Zn in the iron oxide precursor enhances the magnetic properties of the iron nitride powder.
Abstract:
The present invention employs Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) to consolidate Fe16N2, Fe4N, Sm2Fe17Nx, either alone or in combination with other magnetic powders made from Nd2Fe14B, SmCo5, Sm2Co17, Sm2Fe17Nx and MnBi to prepare dense bodies at temperatures as low as room temperature or as high as 800° C., depending on the composition. When a soft magnetic material such as α-Fe powder or Fe4N powder is mixed with a hard magnetic material such as Nd2Fe14B, SmCo5, Sm2Co17 or Sm2Fe17Nx or MnBi or FeCr alloys or a semi-hard material such as Fe16N2, exchange-coupled magnets are obtained. This is due to the fact that the current theory on exchange-coupling phenomena indicates that a nanocrystalline size of the soft magnetic material is a necessary condition for the promotion of exchange-coupling.
Abstract:
A system and method is described to precisely control the pressure in a sample chamber over a wide range of pressures. The system comprises a sample chamber connected to additional chambers via on-off valves. The volumes of these chambers are accurately pre-measured. The valves can be electronically controlled by a controller, such as a computer with a processor. Computer control of these valves to vary the pressures in the chambers to achieve a precise target pressure in the sample chamber is performed in a sequence of steps where the pressure in each chamber is calculated after each step, thereby eliminating the requirement of measuring the actual pressure in the chambers.