Abstract:
High coercivity, high remanence, and high energy product (NdDy)
2(FeNb)
14B/
α-Fe nanocrystalline alloys are prepared by melt spining and subsequent annealing. The best properties of remanence (
Br), coercivity (
Hci) and maximum energy product ((
BH)
max) are 1.02 T, 702 kA/m and 134 kJ/m
3, respectively. The microstructure of the two phase nanocomposite consists of hard magnetic (NdDy)
2(FeNb)
14B and soft magnetic
α-Fe with an average size of 30 nm. These small dimensions allow effective exchange coupling between hard and soft magnetic grains and result in the simultaneous enhancement of
Br,
Hci and (
BH)
max.