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Rare earth-iron-boron magnet powder and process of producing same
Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corp
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Filing: 1988-08-19
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Granted: 1991-01-01
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Expires: 2008-08-19
Abstract
Abstract In a rare earth-iron-boron alloy magnet powder, each individual particle includes a recrystallized grain structure containing a R 2 Fe 14 B intermetallic compound phase as a principal phase thereof, wherein R represents a rare earth element. The intermetallic compound phase are formed of recrystallized grains of a tetragonal crystal structure having an average crystal grain size of 0.05 μm to 50 μm. For producing the above magnet powder, a rear earth-iron-boron alloy material is first prepared. Then, hydrogen is occluded into the alloy material by holding the material at a temperature of 500° C. to 1,000° C. either in an atmosphere of hydrogen gas or in an atmosphere of hydrogen and inert gases. Subsequently, the alloy material is subjected to dehydrogenation at a temperature of 500° C. to 1,000° C. until the pressure of hydrogen in the atmosphere is decreased to no greater than 1×10 -1 torr, and is subjected to cooling.
Inventors
- 👤 Takuo Takeshita
- 👤 Ryoji Nakayama
- 👤 Tamotsu Ogawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 03:37
CPC Classifications
B; B22; B22F; B22F9/00; B22F9/02; B22F9/023; H; H01; H01F; H01F1/00; H01F1/01; H01F1/03; H01F1/032; H01F1/04; H01F1/047; H01F1/053; H01F1/055; H01F1/057; H01F1/0571; H01F1/0573
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
67 words
In a rare earth-iron-boron alloy magnet powder, each individual particle of said powder comprising an aggregate structure of recrystallized grains consisting essentially of recrystallized grains of a R 2 Fe 14 B intermetallic compound phase, wherein R represents a rare earth element, said intermetallic compound phase consisting of recrystallized grains of a tetragonal crystal structure having an average crystal grain size of 0.05 μmm to 50 μmm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
67 words
In a rare earth-iron-boron alloy magnet powder, each individual particle of said powder comprising an aggregate structure of recrystallized grains consisting essentially of recrystallized grains of a R 2 Fe 14 B intermetallic compound phase, wherein R represents a rare earth element, said intermetallic compound phase consisting of recrystallized grains of a tetragonal crystal structure having an average crystal grain size of 0.05 μmm to 50 μmm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A rare earth-iron-boron alloy magnet powder according to claim 1, in which the average crystal grain size of said recrystallized grains ranges from 0.05 μm to 3 μm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A rare earth-iron-boron alloy magnet powder according to claim 2, in which said recrystallized grain structure is an aggregated structure containing said R 2 Fe 14 B intermetallic compound phase as the principal phase.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A rare earth-iron-boron alloy magnet powder according to claim 3, having a magnetic anisotropy.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
A rare earth-iron-boron alloy magnet powder according to claim 1, in which a part of the iron is substituted by at least one element selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, vanadiym, niobium, tantalum, copper, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, titanium, aluminum, gallium, indium, zirconium and hafnium.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
A rare rare earth-iron-boron alloy magnet powder according to claim 1, in which a part of the boron is substituted by at least one element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, fluorine, silicon, carbon, germanium, tin, zinc, antimony and bismuth.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A rare earth-iron-boron alloy magnet powder according to claim 1, in which said particle contains R-rich phase at triple points of grain boundaries of said recrystallized grains.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
108 words
A rare earth-iron-boron alloy magnet powder according to claim 1, obtained by the process comprised of: (a) preparing a rare earth-iron-boron alloy powder material; (b) subsequently occluding hydrogen into said alloy material by holding said material at a temperature of 500° C. to 1,000° C. in an atmosphere of a gas selected from the group consisting of hydrogen gas and a mixture of hydrogen and inert gases; (c) subsequently subjecting said alloy material to dehydrogenation at a temperature of 500° C. to 1,000° C. until the pressure of hydrogen in said atmosphere is decreased to no greater than 1×10 -1 torr; and (d) subsequently cooling said alloy material.
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