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The Presence and Role of Intergranular Phase in Nd8Fe86-xNbxB6(x = 0, 1, 2, 3) Nanocomposite Magnet Characterized by Mossbauer Spectroscopy
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 10, Number 1, 31 Mar 2005, Pages 14-22
Jong Soo Han(Department of Physics, Yeungnam University), Choong Jin Yang* (Nanotechnology Research Lab., Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology (RIST)), Eon Byeung Park(Nanotechnology Research Lab., Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology (RIST)), Eng Chan Kim(Department of Physics, Yeungnam University)
Abstract
Precisely refined Mossbauer study and nano structure observation revealed that intergranular phase formed between a-Fe and Nd2Fe14B phase in NdFeNbB alloys plays a significant role on the magnetic properties. The intergranular interaction was characterized in term of Henkel Plot (δM plot), and hyperfine field, quardrupole splitting and isomer shift were refined to predict the presence and role of the intergranular phase. By the addition of Nb into Nd8Fe86B6 composition, coercivity was found to increase by 25% due to the refinement of average grain size of both the soft and hard magnetic phases which was decreased from 50 nm of virgin Nd8Fe86B6 to 25 nm in Nd8Fe85Nb1B6 alloys. The role of Nb addition was confirmed to stabilize the Nd2Fe14B lattice preventing from thermal vibration of the corresponding sites substituted Fe by Nb atoms in all sites in the Nd2Fe14B lattice. The enhanced coercivity was originated from the exchange hardening of soft and amorphous phases surrounding the hard magnetic Nd2Fe14B crystal.
Keywords: nanocomposite; Mossbauer; exchange interaction
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